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Status of a compact cold-atom CPT frequency standard

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Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Donley, Francois-Xavier R. Esnault, John E. Kitching, Eugene N. Ivanov

Abstract

We describe the main 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.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2011 Joint IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum
Conference Dates
May 1-5, 2011
Conference Location
San Francisco, CA

Keywords

Atomic Clocks, Coherent Population Trapping, Laser Cooling

Citation

Donley, E. , Esnault, F. , Kitching, J. and Ivanov, E. (2011), Status of a compact cold-atom CPT frequency standard, Proceedings of the 2011 Joint IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum, San Francisco, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908614 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created July 31, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017
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