Frequency-stability performances of the pulsed optically pumped rubidium clock: Recent results and future perspectives

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 378-382

  Godone, Aldo ^a   Levi, Filippo ^a   Micalizio, Salvatore ^a   Bertacco, Elio K ^a   Calosso, Claudio Eligio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency stability; Optical pumping; Shot noise; Vapor cell atomic clocks

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY METERS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SHOT NOISE;

FREQUENCY-STABILITY PERFORMANCES; PULSED OPTICALLY PUMPED FREQUENCY STANDARD; PULSED OPTICALLY PUMPED RUBIDIUM CLOCK; VAPOR-CELL ATOMIC CLOCKS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 34047232320     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.891135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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