Modulation-induced frequency shifts in a coherent-population-trapping-based atomic clock

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-310

  Phillips, David F ^a   Novikova, Irina ^a   Wang, Christine Y T ^a   Walsworth, Ronald L ^a   Crescimanno, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRAPS; GROUND STATE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS; RESONANCE;

ATOMIC TRANSITION; COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING BASED ATOMIC CLOCK; MODULATION INDUCED FREQUENCY SHIFTS; OFF RESONANT FIELDS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 15044359575     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000305     Document Type: Article

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