All–Optical Microwave Frequency Standard: A Proposal

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 640-649

  Cyr, Normand ^a   Têtu, Michel ^a   Breton, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL PUMPING; RADIATION; RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CLOCK TRANSITION; INJECTION CURRENT; LOW BUFFER GAS PRESSURE; MODULATED PUMPING; SUBHARMONIC MODULATION FREQUENCY;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0027580839     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.278645     Document Type: Article

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