Laser-pumped rubidium frequency standards: New analysis and progress

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-237

  Mileti, Gaetano ^b,c,d,e,f,g   Deng, Jinquan ^c,h,i,j   Walls, Fred L ^a,c,k,l,m,n   Jennings, D A ^c   Drullinger, R E ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Observatoire Cantonal   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f Cant Observatory of Neuchâtel   (Switzerland)

^g Observatory of Neuchatel   (Switzerland)

^h HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

^j Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l University of Colorado   (United States)

^m THE MEASUREMENT GROUP   (United States)

ⁿ AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Laser optically pumping; Rb frequency standard

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STANDARDS; LASER TUNING; PUMPING (LASER); RUBIDIUM;

LASER PUMPED RUBIDIUM FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031999369     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658700     Document Type: Article

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