Coherent microwave emission without population inversion: A new atomic frequency standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 504-507

  Godone, Aldo ^b   Levi, Filipo ^b   Vanier, Jacques ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic clocks; Cesium; Frequency stability; Maser; Optical pumping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000682120     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769643     Document Type: Article

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