Optical frequency standards based on the 199Hg+ ion

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Tanaka, U ^a   Bergquist, J C ^b   Bize, S ^c   Diddams, S A ^b   Drullinger, R E ^b   Hollberg, L ^b   Itano, W M ^b   Tanner, C E ^d   Wineland, D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^c Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection locked laser; Mercury ion; Optical frequency standard

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DYE LASERS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; INJECTION LASERS; MERCURY (METAL); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POSITIVE IONS;

COOLING LASER SYSTEM; INJECTION LOCKED LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARD; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0038575768     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.810008     Document Type: Article

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