Advances in atomic fountains

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 5, Issue 8 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 829-843

  Bize, Sebastien ^a   Laurent, P ^a   Abgrall, M ^a   Marion, H ^a   Maksimovic, I ^a   Cacciapuoti, L ^a   Grunert J ^a   Vian, C ^a   Pereira dos Santos, F ^a   Rosenbusch, P ^a   Lemonde, P ^a   Santarelli, G ^a   Wolf, P ^a   Clairon, A ^a   Luiten, A ^b   Tobar, M ^b   Salomon, C ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic clocks; Atomic fountains; Laser cooled atoms; Microwave frequency standards; PHARAO

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144257870     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2004.09.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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