• DocumentCode
    2786821
  • Title

    Cesium fountain clock with a cold atomic pulse beam

  • Author

    Takamizawa, A. ; Shirakawa, Y. ; Yanagimachi, S. ; Ikegami, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Metrol. Inst. of Japan (NMIJ), AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The properties of a cold atomic beam such as a density, the number of atoms, and temperature are presented. A pulse beam fountain, where a cold atomic beam source is turned off before the top of the beam reaches microwave cavities is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; caesium; laser cooling; atom density; atom numbers; cesium fountain clock; cold atomic beam source; cold atomic pulse beam; microwave cavities; pulse beam fountain; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Clocks; Clouds; Cooling; Frequency; Laser beams; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192120
  • Filename
    5192120