• 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