Cold atom clocks and applications

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Bize, S ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD ATOM CLOCKS; EINSTEIN EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE (EEP); LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTONS; RELATIVITY;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 21044453030     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/38/9/002     Document Type: Article

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