Title :
A laser optically-pumped Rubidium vapour-cell frequency standard using a DFB laser diode
Author :
Affolderbach, Christoph ; Mileti, Gaetano
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Neuchatel, Neuchatel
Abstract :
A laser optically-pumped vapour-cell atomic frequency standard ("Rb clock") using a DFB laser diode as pump light source is presented. The Rb clock is based on probing the ground-state hyperfine "clock" transition at 6.8 GHz of atomic 87Rb, by optical-microwave double-resonance technique. The frequency stability of the clock is measured.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; frequency standards; optical pumping; rubidium; DFB laser diode; Rb; Rb clock; frequency 6.8 GHz; frequency stability; ground-state hyperfine clock transition; laser optically-pumped rubidium vapour-cell frequency standard; optical-microwave double-resonance technique; pump light source; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic clocks; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Light sources; Optical pumping; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386800
