Recent improvements in NIST-F1 and a resulting accuracy of δ f/f = 0.61 × 10-15

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 842-845

  Heavner, T P ^a   Jefferts, S R ^a   Donley, E A ^a   Shirley, J H ^a   Parker, T E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atomic clocks; Cesium; Standards; Time measurement

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CESIUM FOUNTAIN FREQUENCY STANDARD; OPTICAL MOLASSES; SPIN EXCHANGE SHIFT; ZEEMAN SHIFT;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 17444376032     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.843812     Document Type: Article

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