All-optical atomic clock based on coherent population trapping in 85Rb

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Merimaa, Mikko ^a   Lindvall, Thomas ^a   Tittonen, Ilkka ^a   Ikonen, Erkki ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING (CPT);

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0037499557     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000273     Document Type: Article

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