Title :
Noise investigation on optical detection in a cesium beam clock with magnetic state selection
Author :
Liu Chang ; Zhou Sheng ; Wang Yanhui
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Noise sources in optical detection of a magnetic-state-selection cesium beam clock are analyzed in this paper. Atomic shot noise, photon shot noise, laser frequency noise and stray light noise are considered. Experimental measurements and estimations of the noise magnitude are made.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; frequency standards; laser noise; noise measurement; optical variables measurement; shot noise; atomic shot noise; cesium beam clock; laser frequency noise; magnetic state-selection; noise sources; optical detection; photon shot noise; stray light noise; Atomic beams; Atomic clocks; Laser beams; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; cesium clock; frequency standard; laser; noise;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium & the European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8865-5
DOI :
10.1109/FCS.2015.7138889
