Title :
Status of a compact cold-atom CPT frequency standard
Author :
Esnault, F.-X. ; Donley, E.A. ; Kitching, J. ; Ivanov, E.N.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div., Atomic Devices & Instrum. Group, NIST, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We describe the progress towards the realization of a cold-atom frequency standard based on coherent population trapping (CPT). We explain our particular CPT configuration and give details on the experimental setup.
Keywords :
frequency standards; coherent population trapping; compact cold-atom CPT frequency standard; Adaptive optics; Atom optics; Atomic clocks; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; High speed optical techniques; Laser beams;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control and the European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2011 Joint Conference of the IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Fransisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-111-3
DOI :
10.1109/FCS.2011.5977843
