NIST caesium fountain frequency standard: preliminary results

Open Access

27 November 2002

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

No. 10756787,p. 2-5
https://doi.org/10.1109/freq.1998.717868

Abstract

The Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) begun operation of a laser-cooled cesium atomic fountain for evaluation as a possible primary frequency standard. This device is conceptually similar to the Zacharias caesium fountain and is similar in layout to the BNM-LPTF (Observatoire de Paris) caesium fountain. This paper gives a brief description of the NIST Time and Frequency Division's caesium fountain and presents some preliminary data.

Keywords

NIST
ATOMIC BEAMS
LASER BEAMS
LASER TRANSITIONS
LASER THEORY
LASER TUNING
FREQUENCY CONVERSION
ATOM LASERS
ATOM OPTICS
PARTICLE BEAMS

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