Generation of a slow and continuous cesium atomic beam for an atomic clock

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2595-2602

  Park, Sang Eon ^a   Lee, Ho Seong ^a   Shin, Eun Joo ^a   Kwon, Taeg Yong ^a   Yang, Sung Hoon ^a   Cho, Hyuck ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; CESIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

HIGH-VELOCITY ATOMS;

ATOMIC BEAMS;

EID: 0141788052     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002595     Document Type: Article

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