Demonstration of a dual alkali Rb/Cs fountain clock

We report the operation of a dual Rb/Cs atomic fountain clock. ¹³³Cs and ⁸⁷Rb atoms are cooled, launched, and detected simultaneously in LNE-SYRTE´s FO2 double fountain. The dual clock operation occurs with no degradation of either the stability or the accuracy. We describe the key features for achieving such a simultaneous operation. We also report on the results of the first Rb/Cs frequency measurement campaign performed with FO2 in this dual atom clock configuration, including a new determination of the absolute ⁸⁷Rb hyperfine frequency.