Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell
Optics Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 50-52 (1991)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.000050
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Abstract
Cesium atoms in a vapor cell have been trapped and cooled by using light from laser diodes. The 6S F = 4, m = 0 → 6S F = 3, m = 0 hyperfine clock transition was excited as these atoms then fell 2.5 cm in darkness. We observed a linewidth of 8 Hz with good signal-to-noise ratio. This gave a short-term fractional frequency resolution of 6.5 × 10-12/√sec, and there is potential for substantial improvement. The apparatus is extremely simple and compact, consisting of a small cesium vapor cell and two diode lasers.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
Citation
C. Monroe, H. Robinson, and C. Wieman, "Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell," Opt. Lett. 16, 50-52 (1991)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-16-1-50
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