Optical frequency standard based on cold Ca atoms

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-254

  Helmcke, Jürgen ^a   Wilpers, Guido ^a   Binnewies, Tomas ^a   Degenhardt, Carsten ^a   Sterr, Uwe ^a   Schnatz, Harald ^a   Riehle, Fritz ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atom interferometry; Atomic clocks; Laser cooling; Measurement of optical frequencies; Optical frequency standards

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; ATOMS; CALCIUM; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; GROUND STATE; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS;

ATOM INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARD;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0037561498     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.810025     Document Type: Article

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