DocumentCode
1729143
Title
Towards a compact cold atom frequency standard based on coherent population trapping
Author
Esnault, Francois-Xavier ; Donley, Elizabeth ; Kitching, John
Author_Institution
Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
465
Lastpage
469
Abstract
We describe the main features of a cold atom frequency standard based on coherent population trapping (CPT). We explain our particular CPT configuration and our experimental setup, and present simulations of the expected performance (stability and major systematics).
Keywords
radiation pressure; CPT; coherent population trapping; cold atom frequency standard; compact cold atom frequency standard; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Laser beams; Optical saturation; Resonant frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Newport Beach, CA
ISSN
1075-6787
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6399-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FREQ.2010.5556285
Filename
5556285
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