Reaching the quantum limit in a fountain clock using a microwave oscillator phase locked to an ultrastable laser

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Weyers, S ^a   Lipphardt, B ^a   Schnatz, H ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CLOCKS; FOUNTAINS; LASERS; MICROWAVES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; STABILITY;

ATOM NUMBERS; CESIUM FOUNTAINS; CURRENT STATUS; FEMTOSECOND FREQUENCY COMBS; FREQUENCY INSTABILITIES; MICROWAVE SOURCES; OPTICAL CLOCKS; PHASE LOCKED; QUANTUM LIMITS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 63149088855     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.031803     Document Type: Article

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