• DocumentCode
    2656820
  • Title

    Integrating sphere cold atom clock with cylindrical microwave cavity

  • Author

    Wang, Xucheng ; Cheng, Huadong ; Zheng, Benchang ; Meng, Yanling ; Xiao, Ling ; Liu, Liang ; Wang, Yuzhu

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. of Quantum Opt., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-5 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The integrating sphere is used to generate the diffuse light for cooling atoms. The microwave field is produced in a cylindrical cavity on a TE011 mode. We have realized the microwave interrogation with the pulsed optically pumped (POP) scheme. The Ramsey fringe is demonstrated and some factors to affect the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast of the fringe are discussed. Optimization of the experimental parameters is still in progress.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; laser cooling; microwave materials; optical pumping; rubidium; Ramsey fringe; Rb; TE011 mode; cooling atoms; cylindrical microwave cavity; fringe contrast; light diffusion; microwave field; microwave interrogation; optimization; pulsed optically pumped scheme; sphere cold atom clock; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Cavity resonators; Cooling; Masers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control and the European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2011 Joint Conference of the IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Fransisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-111-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FCS.2011.5977307
  • Filename
    5977307