Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects and shortcomings of the existing temperature and frequency control technology of the atomic clock, the invention provides a high-stability atomic clock implementation method based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation for the first time in the world. By combining the Kalman filtering algorithm with the conventional PID control technology and utilizing the good filtering effect of the Kalman filter on the signal, the filtered signal is fed back to the PID controller to reduce the influence of process noise and measurement noise on system control parameters, thereby realizing the optimization of the control parameters, improving the control effect, enabling the control system to quickly tend to a stable state, and greatly improving the frequency stability of the atomic clock system. In addition, for the atomic clock which is extremely sensitive to temperature and has extremely high requirement on temperature control precision, such as: the air chamber type atomic clock can remarkably improve the influence of temperature on atomic transition frequency by combining with Kalman filtering technology to control temperature, and inhibit the drift of the stability of the medium-long frequency of the system, thereby greatly improving the medium-long stability of the atomic clock system. The realization of the invention can well solve the problems that the frequency stability index of the atomic clock is further improved because the control effect is poor due to residual control deviation and the influence of external factors such as process noise, measurement noise and the like in the existing temperature and frequency control technology of the atomic clock cannot be avoided.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a high-stability atomic clock implementation method based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation comprises the following steps: the system comprises a Kalman filtering module, a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering matching function, a frequency multiplication and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering matching function, an atomic frequency discriminator, a high-speed detector and a PID (proportion integration differentiation) controller with the Kalman filtering matching function.
The high-stability atomic clock implementation method based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation comprises the following steps:
1) transmitting an electromagnetic oscillation signal sent by a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering function to a frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering function to obtain an electromagnetic wave signal with the frequency close to the atomic frequency;
2) the atomic frequency discriminator responds to the electromagnetic wave signal generated in the step 1) when receiving the electromagnetic wave signal, and transmits or absorbs the electromagnetic wave signal with corresponding frequency; the transmitted or absorbed electromagnetic wave signals are received by a high-speed detector;
3) the electric signal output by the high-speed detector is transmitted to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function for resolving, and the electric signal obtained by measuring the electromagnetic wave signal output by the frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the matched Kalman filtering function and the electromagnetic wave signal are input into a Kalman filtering module for filtering;
4) the Kalman filtering module calculates the minimum mean square error of the measured value and the predicted value at each moment in a recursion mode, and performs linear correction according to the measured value at the current moment on the basis of the predicted value obtained at the previous moment to obtain the more accurate optimal predicted value estimation of the current moment to the next moment;
5) and (3) feeding the signal filtered by the Kalman filtering module in the step 3) back to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function, performing optimal estimation on PID control parameters, and feeding back the generated Kalman filtering servo signal to adjust the output frequency of a controlled oscillator with the matched Kalman filtering function in the step 1), thereby realizing the signal output with high frequency stability.
In step 2) of the method for implementing the high-stability atomic clock based on the kalman filter optimal state estimation, the electromagnetic wave with the corresponding frequency transmitted or absorbed by the atomic frequency discriminator is also called a resonance signal, when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator is completely the same as the self frequency thereof, the resonance signal is strongest, and when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator deviates, the resonance signal is weakened; according to the magnitude of the resonance signal and the position of the distance peak value, whether the frequency of the external electromagnetic wave signal is consistent with the atomic frequency or not and the degree of deviation of the frequency can be judged.
In the step 3), the kalman filtering module may adopt a prediction method such as bayesian estimation, regression algorithm, exponential smoothing, or the like.
Specifically, kalman filtering is a recursive linear minimum variance estimation method, which performs linear correction according to a measurement value at the current time on the basis of an estimation value obtained at the previous time to obtain an optimal state estimation value at the current time. The state equation and the measurement equation expression of Kalman are as follows:
x(k)=Ax(k-1)+Bu(k-1)+ω(k-1)
yν(k)=Cx(k)+ν(k)
wherein x (k) is a state signal of the atomic clock system, yν(k) Is the measurement signal of the atomic clock system, ω (k) is the process noise signal, and ν (k) is the measurement noise signal.
The Kalman filtering algorithm can be divided into two steps of prediction and updating, wherein in the first step, prediction: assuming that the moment k is the current moment, estimating the state of the system at the moment k according to the predicted value at the moment k-1 to obtain a pre-estimated value of the system at the moment k; and step two, updating: and measuring the current value of the system at the moment k by using the measuring instrument, correcting and updating the pre-estimated value of the system to obtain a predicted value at the moment k, and calculating the pre-estimated value at the next moment (the moment k + 1).
The time update equation for the kalman filter module may be expressed as:
the state update performance equation of the kalman filter module may be expressed as:
wherein,
is a pre-estimated value of the time of the atomic clock system k,
and
respectively are the predicted values of the atomic clock system at the time k-1 and the time k,
is a pre-estimated value covariance, P, of the atomic clock system at time k
k-1And P
kPredicted value covariance at the time K-1 and K of the atomic clock system, H is a state variable to measurement conversion matrix, A is a state transition matrix, B is a matrix for converting input to state, Q is a process noise covariance, R is a measurement noise covariance, K is a time constant of the atomic clock system, and
kis a Kalman filter coefficient, z
kIs the filtered input.
In general, kalman filtering is to determine the minimum mean square error for the measured value and the predicted value at each time in a recursive manner, so as to achieve a more accurate estimation of the optimal target value. The key point is to correct the predicted value after solving the Kalman gain weighted measurement value.
The measurement value in the step 4) is the measurement of the electromagnetic wave signal output by the frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive conversion circuit with the matching Kalman filtering function, and is a system actual state value containing measurement noise; and the predicted value is obtained by the optimal estimation of the Kalman filtering module.
In the step 4), the Kalman filtering recursion algorithm for controlling the frequency of the atomic clock can also be suitable for controlling the temperature of some key components in the atomic clock. The temperature control system based on Kalman filtering comprises a Kalman filtering module, a temperature control object, a heating and refrigerating device, a thermistor and a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function. Wherein, the temperature control object can be a laser, an atomic gas chamber, an atomic beam device, an atomic furnace, etc.; the heating function in the heating and refrigerating device can be realized by adopting a heating plate or a heating wire, and the refrigerating function can be realized by adopting a TEC refrigerating plate; the thermistor is tightly attached to the temperature controlled object to play a role in sensing temperature; the Kalman filtering module fuses a temperature value measured by the thermistor and a temperature deviation signal calculated by a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function, the temperature deviation signal is filtered and fed back to the PID controller with the Kalman filtering function to obtain an optimized PID control parameter estimation, a Kalman filtering servo control signal is generated from the optimal PID control parameter estimation and fed back to the heating and refrigerating device, and high-precision temperature control is realized by controlling the on-off of the heating and refrigerating device.
The atomic clocks with high-frequency stability signal output, which are realized by the high-stability atomic clock realization method based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation, can be all atomic clocks with temperature and frequency control requirements, such as small rubidium atomic microwave clocks, chip atomic clocks, small air chamber type optical clocks, small cesium atomic beam microwave clocks and the like.
In specific implementation, the high-stability atomic clock realized by using the high-stability atomic clock method based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation comprises the following steps: the system comprises a Kalman filtering module, a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering matching function, a frequency multiplication and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering matching function, an atomic frequency discriminator, a high-speed detector and a PID (proportion integration differentiation) controller with the Kalman filtering matching function. When the high-stability atomic clock works:
electromagnetic oscillation signals sent by a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering function are transmitted to a frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering function, and electromagnetic wave signals with the frequency close to the atomic frequency are obtained;
the atomic frequency discriminator responds when receiving the electromagnetic wave signal, emits or absorbs the electromagnetic wave with corresponding frequency, and the electromagnetic wave is received by the high-speed detector, and the electromagnetic wave is also called as a resonance signal;
when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator is completely the same as the self frequency, the resonance signal is strongest, and the resonance signal is weakened when the frequency deviates; judging whether the frequency of the external electromagnetic wave signal is consistent with the atomic frequency or not and the deviation degree of the frequency according to the magnitude of the resonance signal and the position of the resonance signal away from the peak value;
the signal output by the high-speed detector is transmitted to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function for resolving, and is input to a Kalman filtering module together with the measured frequency multiplication of the matched Kalman filtering function and the frequency signal output by the frequency comprehensive transformation circuit;
the signal filtered by the Kalman filtering module is fed back to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function, optimal estimation is carried out on PID control parameters, and the generated Kalman filtering servo signal is used for feedback adjustment of the output frequency of a controlled oscillator with the matched Kalman filtering function, so that signal output with high frequency stability is realized.
Further, the atomic clock uses an oscillation signal of a controlled oscillator as a standard frequency signal, the oscillation signal is strictly controlled by the movement of atoms in the atomic frequency discriminator, and the frequency of the oscillation signal depends on the atomic frequency. Because different electrons in atoms move with different energies and the electronic states of atoms are different, the frequencies (atomic frequencies) of electromagnetic waves absorbed or emitted by atoms are also very different and extend from a radio frequency band to an optical band. For the atomic clocks with different wave band ranges and different working principles, the temperature control and the frequency control are carried out by combining the Kalman filtering technology, and the good effect of improving the frequency stability of an atomic clock system can be achieved.
Compared with the existing temperature and frequency control technology of an atomic clock, the invention has the following novelty and creativity:
the invention provides a high-stability atomic clock implementation method based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation, which combines a Kalman filtering algorithm with the traditional PID control technology, utilizes the good filtering effect of a Kalman filter on signals, and feeds the filtered signals back to a PID controller, thereby effectively reducing the influence of process noise and measurement noise on system control parameters, realizing the optimization of the control parameters, enabling the control system to quickly approach a stable state, and greatly improving the frequency stability of an atomic clock system. In addition, for the atomic clock which is extremely sensitive to temperature and has extremely high requirement on temperature control precision, such as: the air chamber type atomic clock can remarkably improve the influence of temperature on atomic transition frequency by combining with Kalman filtering technology to control temperature, and inhibit the drift of the stability of the medium-long frequency of the system, thereby greatly improving the medium-long stability of the atomic clock system. The invention well solves the problems that the frequency stability index of the atomic clock is further improved because the control effect is poor due to residual control deviation and the influence of external factors such as process noise, measurement noise and the like in the existing temperature and frequency control technology of the atomic clock cannot be avoided. The application of the Kalman filtering technology to the inside of an atomic clock is not reported in the domestic and foreign literatures and patents.
(II) the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation method for controlling the frequency of the atomic clock, provided by the invention, can also be suitable for controlling the temperature of some key components in the atomic clock, such as: laser, atomic gas cell, atomic beam device, atomic furnace, etc. High precision temperature control of critical components inside an atomic clock is particularly important because temperature is one of the most critical factors affecting the frequency stability of the atomic clock. The traditional PID temperature control method has certain limitation, and the high temperature control precision required by an atomic clock cannot achieve an ideal effect. The invention skillfully combines the Kalman filtering technology and the PID control technology, and realizes the great improvement of the temperature control precision on the basis of PID control.
3. The method for realizing the high-stability atomic clock based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation is applicable to all atomic clocks with the requirements of temperature control and frequency control, such as: the miniature rubidium atomic microwave clock, the chip atomic clock, the miniature air chamber type optical clock, the miniature cesium atomic beam microwave clock and the like have wide application prospect in the future.
Detailed Description
The invention will be further elucidated by means of specific embodiments in the following with reference to the drawing.
The invention provides a high-stability atomic clock based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation, which comprises the following steps: the system comprises a Kalman filtering module, a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering matching function, a frequency multiplication and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering matching function, an atomic frequency discriminator, a high-speed detector and a PID (proportion integration differentiation) controller with the Kalman filtering matching function.
Referring to fig. 1, the high-stability atomic clock based on the kalman filter optimal state estimation according to the embodiment includes: the system comprises aKalman filtering module 1, a controlledoscillator 2 with a Kalman filtering matching function, a frequency multiplication and frequencycomprehensive transformation circuit 3 with the Kalman filtering matching function, anatomic frequency discriminator 4, a high-speed detector 5 and aPID controller 6 with the Kalman filtering matching function. Electromagnetic oscillation signals sent by a controlled oscillator 2 with a Kalman filtering function are transmitted to a frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit 3 with the Kalman filtering function, and electromagnetic wave signals with the frequency close to the atomic frequency are obtained; the atomic frequency discriminator 4 responds when receiving the electromagnetic wave signal, transmits or absorbs the electromagnetic wave with corresponding frequency, and the electromagnetic wave is received by the high-speed detector 5; the signal output by the high-speed detector 5 is transmitted to a PID controller 6 with a matched Kalman filtering function for resolving, and is input into the Kalman filtering module 1 together with the measured frequency multiplication of the matched Kalman filtering function and the frequency signal output by the frequency comprehensive transformation circuit 3; the Kalman filtering module 1 calculates the minimum mean square error of the measured value and the predicted value at each moment in a recursion mode, and performs linear correction according to the measured value at the current moment on the basis of the predicted value obtained at the previous moment to obtain the more accurate optimal predicted value estimation of the current moment to the next moment; the signal filtered by the Kalman filtering module 1 is fed back to the PID controller 6 with the matched Kalman filtering function, and the PID control parameters are optimally estimated, so that a Kalman filtering servo signal is generated and used for feedback adjustment of the output frequency of the controlled oscillator 2 with the matched Kalman filtering function, and the signal output with high frequency stability is realized.
As shown in fig. 2, the kalman filter based temperature control system in the high-stability atomic clock based on the kalman filter optimal state estimation according to the present embodiment includes: aKalman filtering module 301, atemperature control object 302, a heating andrefrigerating device 303, athermistor 304 and aPID controller 305 matched with the Kalman filtering function; thekalman filter module 301 fuses the temperature value measured by thethermistor 304 and the temperature deviation signal calculated by thePID controller 305 with the kalman filter function, and feeds back the filtered temperature value to thePID controller 305 with the kalman filter function to obtain an optimized PID control parameter estimation, and then generates a kalman filter servo control signal to feed back the kalman filter servo control signal to the heating andcooling device 303, thereby realizing high-precision temperature control by controlling the on/off of the heating andcooling device 303.
Electromagnetic oscillation signals sent by a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering function are transmitted to a frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering function, and electromagnetic wave signals with the frequency close to the atomic frequency are obtained;
the atomic frequency discriminator responds when receiving the electromagnetic wave signal, emits or absorbs the electromagnetic wave with corresponding frequency, and the electromagnetic wave is received by the high-speed detector, and the electromagnetic wave is also called as a resonance signal;
when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator is completely the same as the self frequency, the resonance signal is strongest, and the resonance signal is weakened when the frequency deviates; judging whether the frequency of the external electromagnetic wave signal is consistent with the atomic frequency or not and the deviation degree of the frequency according to the magnitude of the resonance signal and the position of the resonance signal away from the peak value;
the signal output by the high-speed detector is transmitted to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function for resolving, and is input to a Kalman filtering module together with the measured frequency multiplication of the matched Kalman filtering function and the frequency signal output by the frequency comprehensive transformation circuit;
the signal filtered by the Kalman filtering module is fed back to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function, optimal estimation is carried out on PID control parameters, and the generated Kalman filtering servo signal is used for feedback adjustment of the output frequency of a controlled oscillator with the matched Kalman filtering function, so that signal output with high frequency stability is realized.
The Kalman filtering is a recursive linear minimum variance estimation method, and the method is characterized in that on the basis of an estimation value obtained at the previous moment, linear correction is carried out according to a measurement value at the current moment to obtain an optimal state estimation value at the current moment. The state equation and the measurement equation expression of Kalman are as follows:
x(k)=Ax(k-1)+Bu(k-1)+ω(k-1)
yν(k)=Cx(k)+ν(k)
wherein x (k) is a state signal of the atomic clock system, yν(k) Is the measurement signal of the atomic clock system, ω (k) is the process noise signal, and ν (k) is the measurement noise signal.
The Kalman filtering algorithm can be divided into two steps of prediction and updating, wherein in the first step, prediction: assuming that the moment k is the current moment, estimating the state of the system at the moment k according to the predicted value at the moment k-1 to obtain a pre-estimated value of the system at the moment k; and step two, updating: and measuring the current value of the system at the moment k by using the measuring instrument, correcting and updating the pre-estimated value of the system to obtain a predicted value at the moment k, and calculating the pre-estimated value at the next moment (the moment k + 1).
The time update equation for the kalman filter module may be expressed as:
Pk=APk-1AT+Q
the state update performance equation of the kalman filter module may be expressed as:
wherein,
is a pre-estimated value of the time of the atomic clock system k,
and
respectively are the predicted values of the atomic clock system at the time k-1 and the time k,
is a pre-estimated value covariance, P, of the atomic clock system at time k
k-1And P
kPredicted value covariance at the time K-1 and K of the atomic clock system, H is a state variable to measurement conversion matrix, A is a state transition matrix, B is a matrix for converting input to state, Q is a process noise covariance, R is a measurement noise covariance, K is a time constant of the atomic clock system, and
kis a Kalman filter coefficient, z
kIs the filtered input.
In general, kalman filtering is to determine the minimum mean square error for the measured value and the predicted value at each time in a recursive manner, so as to achieve a more accurate estimation of the optimal target value. The key point is to correct the predicted value after solving the Kalman gain weighted measurement value.
Further, the atomic clock uses an oscillation signal of a controlled oscillator as a standard frequency signal, the oscillation signal is strictly controlled by the movement of atoms in the atomic frequency discriminator, and the frequency of the oscillation signal depends on the atomic frequency. Because different electrons in atoms move with different energies and the electronic states of the atoms are different, the frequencies (atomic frequencies) of electromagnetic waves absorbed or emitted by the atoms are also very different and extend from a radio frequency band to an optical band. For the atomic clocks with different wave band ranges and different working principles, the temperature control and the frequency control are carried out by combining the Kalman filtering technology, and the good effect of improving the frequency stability of an atomic clock system can be achieved.
Furthermore, the high-stability atomic clock based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation not only combines the Kalman filtering technology in the aspect of frequency control, but also uses the Kalman filtering technology for temperature control of some key components in the clock;
the temperature control system based on Kalman filtering comprises a Kalman filtering module, a temperature control object, a heating and refrigerating device, a thermistor and a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function. Wherein, the temperature control object can be a laser, an atomic gas chamber, an atomic beam device, an atomic furnace, etc.; the heating function in the heating and refrigerating device can be realized by adopting a heating plate or a heating wire, and the refrigerating function can be realized by adopting a TEC refrigerating plate; the thermistor is tightly attached to the temperature controlled object to play a role in sensing temperature;
the Kalman filtering module fuses a temperature value measured by the thermistor and a temperature deviation signal calculated by a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function, the temperature deviation signal is filtered and fed back to the PID controller with the Kalman filtering function to obtain an optimized PID control parameter estimation, a Kalman filtering servo control signal is generated from the optimal PID control parameter estimation and fed back to the heating and refrigerating device, and high-precision temperature control is realized by controlling the on-off of the heating and refrigerating device.
Furthermore, the Kalman filtering module in the high-stability atomic clock based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation can adopt prediction methods such as Bayesian estimation, regression algorithm or exponential smoothing and the like.
Further, the method for implementing the atomic clock with high stability based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation is applicable to all atomic clocks with the requirements of temperature control and frequency control, such as: small rubidium atomic microwave clocks, chip atomic clocks, small air chamber optical clocks, small cesium atomic beam microwave clocks, and the like.
The invention discloses a method for realizing a high-stability atomic clock based on Kalman filtering optimal state estimation, which specifically comprises the following steps:
1) transmitting an electromagnetic oscillation signal sent by a controlled oscillator with a Kalman filtering function to a frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive transformation circuit with the Kalman filtering function to obtain an electromagnetic wave signal with the frequency close to the atomic frequency;
2) the atomic frequency discriminator responds when receiving the electromagnetic wave signal generated in the step 1), transmits or absorbs the electromagnetic wave signal with corresponding frequency, and the transmitted or absorbed electromagnetic wave signal is received by the high-speed detector;
3) the electric signal output by the high-speed detector is transmitted to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function for resolving, and is input to a Kalman filtering module together with the measured frequency multiplication of the matched Kalman filtering function and the electromagnetic wave signal output by the frequency comprehensive transformation circuit for filtering;
4) the Kalman filtering module in the step 3) utilizes a recursion mode to calculate the minimum mean square error of the measured value and the predicted value at each moment, and carries out linear correction according to the measured value at the current moment on the basis of the predicted value obtained at the previous moment to obtain the more accurate optimal predicted value estimation of the current moment to the next moment;
5) and (3) feeding the signal filtered by the Kalman filtering module in the step 3) back to a PID controller with a matched Kalman filtering function, performing optimal estimation on PID control parameters, and feeding back the generated Kalman filtering servo signal to adjust the output frequency of a controlled oscillator with the matched Kalman filtering function in the step 1), thereby realizing the signal output with high frequency stability.
In the step 2), the electromagnetic wave with the corresponding frequency transmitted or absorbed by the atomic frequency discriminator is also called as a resonance signal, when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator is completely the same as the self frequency, the resonance signal is strongest, and when the frequency of the electromagnetic wave signal received by the atomic frequency discriminator deviates, the resonance signal is weakened; according to the magnitude of the resonance signal and the position of the distance peak value, whether the frequency of the external electromagnetic wave signal is consistent with the atomic frequency or not and the degree of deviation of the frequency can be judged.
In the step 3), the kalman filtering module may adopt a prediction method such as bayesian estimation, regression algorithm, exponential smoothing, or the like.
The measurement value in the step 4) is the measurement of the electromagnetic wave signal output by the frequency doubling and frequency comprehensive conversion circuit with the matching Kalman filtering function, and is a system actual state value containing measurement noise; and the predicted value is obtained by the optimal estimation of the Kalman filtering module.
In the step 4), the Kalman filtering recursion algorithm for controlling the frequency of the atomic clock can also be suitable for controlling the temperature of some key components in the atomic clock. The temperature control system based on Kalman filtering comprises a Kalman filtering module, a temperature control object, a heating and refrigerating device, a thermistor and a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function. Wherein, the temperature control object can be a laser, an atomic gas chamber, an atomic beam device, an atomic furnace, etc.; the heating function in the heating and refrigerating device can be realized by adopting a heating plate or a heating wire, and the refrigerating function can be realized by adopting a TEC refrigerating plate; the thermistor is tightly attached to the temperature controlled object to play a role in sensing temperature;
the Kalman filtering module fuses a temperature value measured by the thermistor and a temperature deviation signal calculated by a PID controller with a Kalman filtering function, the temperature deviation signal is filtered and fed back to the PID controller with the Kalman filtering function to obtain an optimized PID control parameter estimation, a Kalman filtering servo control signal is generated from the optimal PID control parameter estimation and fed back to the heating and refrigerating device, and high-precision temperature control is realized by controlling the on-off of the heating and refrigerating device.
The atomic clocks for outputting the high-frequency stability signals in the step 5) can be all atomic clocks with the requirements of temperature control and frequency control, such as small rubidium atomic microwave clocks, chip atomic clocks, small air chamber type optical clocks, small cesium atomic beam microwave clocks and the like.
Specifically, the high-stability atomic clock based on the Kalman filtering optimal state estimation in the embodiment of the invention combines the Kalman filtering algorithm with the traditional PID control technology, utilizes the good filtering effect of the Kalman filter on the signal, and feeds the filtered signal back to the PID controller, thereby effectively reducing the influence of process noise and measurement noise on system control parameters, realizing the optimization of the control parameters, enabling the control system to quickly approach a stable state, and greatly improving the frequency stability of the atomic clock system. In addition, for the atomic clock which is extremely sensitive to temperature and has extremely high requirement on temperature control precision, such as: the air chamber type atomic clock can remarkably improve the influence of temperature on atomic transition frequency by combining with Kalman filtering technology to control temperature, and inhibit the drift of the stability of the medium-long frequency of the system, thereby greatly improving the medium-long stability of the atomic clock system. In addition, the method for estimating the optimal state of the Kalman filtering for controlling the frequency of the atomic clock can also be suitable for controlling the temperature of some key components in the atomic clock, such as: laser, atomic gas cell, atomic beam device, atomic furnace, etc. By skillfully combining the Kalman filtering technology and the PID control technology, the limitation of the traditional PID temperature control method is effectively broken through, and the temperature control precision is greatly improved on the basis of PID control. Finally, the method provided by the invention is suitable for all atomic clocks with the requirements of temperature control and frequency control, such as: the miniature rubidium atomic microwave clock, the chip atomic clock, the miniature air chamber type optical clock, the miniature cesium atomic beam microwave clock and the like have wide application prospect in the future. The invention has essential difference from the most common PID temperature and frequency control technology of the current atomic clock in the situation that residual control deviation exists and the influence of external factors such as process noise, measurement noise and the like cannot be avoided.
When the method is concretely implemented, the temperature control objects in the Kalman filtering-based temperature control system can be a laser, an atomic gas chamber, an atomic beam device, an atomic furnace and the like; the heating function in the heating and refrigerating device can be realized by adopting a heating plate or a heating wire, and the refrigerating function can be realized by adopting a TEC refrigerating plate; the thermistor is tightly attached to the object to be temperature controlled, and plays a role in sensing temperature.
The kalman filtering module may employ prediction methods such as bayesian estimation, regression algorithms, or exponential smoothing.
Finally, it is noted that the disclosed embodiments are intended to aid in further understanding of the invention, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that: various substitutions and modifications are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and the appended claims. The replacement includes replacement of different types of atomic clocks, such as a mini rubidium atomic microwave clock, a chip atomic clock, a mini air chamber type optical clock and a mini cesium atomic beam microwave clock, by any other type of atomic clock with the requirements of temperature and frequency control. The replacement includes replacement of different temperature control objects, such as a laser, an atomic gas chamber, an atomic beam device and an atomic furnace, into any other critical part inside an atomic clock which needs high-precision temperature control. Therefore, the invention should not be limited to the embodiments disclosed, but the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.