Quantum theory of atomic clocks and gravito-inertial sensors: An update

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Antoine, Ch ^a   Borde Ch J ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

ABCD matrices; Atom interferometer; Atom optics; Atomic clock; Beam splitter; Inertial sensor; Phase shift; Wave packet

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ATOMIC CLOCKS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAVIMETERS; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICS; SENSORS;

ATOM GYROMETER; ATOM INTERFEROMETER; ATOM OPTICS; GRAVITO-INERTIAL SENSOR; TIME-DEPENDENT EXTERNAL HAMILTONIAN;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0038060474     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/2/380     Document Type: Article

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