• Introduction to TF – Basic concepts and vocabulary (quality, certification, traceability etc), and technical issues (oscillators, frequency standards, accuracy, stability, phase noise, jitter, physical environment, etc.).
• Measurement methods and experimental techniques – Spectra (phase noise and L(f), amplitude noise), variances, frequency measurement and comparison.
• Atomic clocks – Physics, traditional clocks (atomic beam, vapor cell, and maser), cold atoms, optical clocks, small-size clocks.
• Oscillators – RF/microwave, cavity-stabilized lasers, optical frequency combs.
• Timing and applications – Time scales, navigation, frequency transfer and synchronization.
• Physics, applications, and trends.

Every day, the the participant do real experiments and measurements

• Frequency stability and AM/PM noise,
• Data analysis
• Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS (GPS, Galileo, etc)
• Resonators and oscillators
• Atomic clocka

• Visit at the Observatory of Besancon
• FEMTO-ST Laboratory Tour
• Visit at the Time Museum, Besancon downtown
• Social dinner
• Night session at the Observatory (depending on weather). Observe celestial bodies, and adjust your watch to stars using the original ancient instruments

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Previous EFTS sessions, since 2013