Analysis of the light shift effect in the87Rb frequency standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-129

  Levi, Filippo ^a   Novero, Carlo ^a   Godone, Aldo ^a   Brida, Giorgio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Light shift; Phase noise; Power shift; Pulsed optical pumping; Ramsey interaction; Rubidium frequency standard

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LIGHT SHIFT EFFECT; PHASE NOISE; POWER SHIFT; RAMSEY INTERACTION; RUBIDIUM FREQUENCY STANDARD;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0031121867     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.571790     Document Type: Article

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