A microwave frequency reference based on VCSEL-driven dark line resonances in Cs vapor

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1313-1317

  Kitching, J ^a,b   Knappe, S ^c   Vukicevic N ^b   Hollberg, L ^b   Wynands, R ^c   Weidmann, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d Odetics Telecom   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic clock; Frequency reference; VCSEL; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; CESIUM; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVES; RESONANCE;

FREQUENCY REFERENCE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034468316     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.893276     Document Type: Article

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