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Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements

Development of compact laser cooled atomic frequency standards

T. Zanon-Willette, S. Trémine, Stéphane Guérandel, Emeric de Clercq, David Holleville, N. Dimarcq, Andr  Clairon

Published Jun 1, 2004• 1 citation
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Abstract

Two projects of compact cold atom clocks are currently developed: a clock with atoms directly cooled in the microwave cavity and a clock based on coherent population trapping. For each device, different interrogation and detection schemes are evaluated and reported
DOI
10.1109/cpem.2004.305593

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