Cold strontium atoms for an optical frequency standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-257

  Courtillot, I ^a   Quessada, A ^a   Kovacich, R P ^a   Zondy, J J ^a   Landragin, A ^a   Santarelli, G ^a   Clairon, A ^a   Lemonde, P ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Blue laser; Laser cooling; Optical frequency standard; Strontium; Sum frequency mixing

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; ELECTRON TRAPS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; ISOTOPES; LASER TUNING; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STRONTIUM;

COLD STRONTIUM ATOMS; FREQUENCY MIXING; HIGH POWER LASER LIGHT; LASER COOLING; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARD; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; SUM FREQUENCY MIXING;

ATOMS;

EID: 0038575761     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.811660     Document Type: Article

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