First-order sideband pulling in atomic frequency standards

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1241-1246

  Shirley, Jon H ^a   Heavner, Thomas P ^a   Jefferts, Steven R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atomic clock; Cesium fountain; Primary frequency standard

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; ATOMS; CESIUM; FOUNTAINS; FREQUENCY MODULATION;

ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARDS; ATOMIC SAMPLES; CESIUM FOUNTAIN; CYCLE TIME; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIRST ORDERS; OPTICAL STANDARDS; PRIMARY FREQUENCY STANDARD; PULSED MEASUREMENTS; RAMSEY EXCITATIONS;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 63349112869     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.2008590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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