Towards an optical lattice clock based on neutral mercury

Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 649-654

  Petersen, Michael ^a   Magalhães, Daniel ^a   Mandache, Cipriana ^a   Acef, Ouali ^a   Clairon, André ^a   Bize, Sébastien ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; MERCURY (METAL);

EUROPEAN; FREQUENCY CONTROLS; NEUTRAL MERCURY;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 51049112658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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