Future Slow-atom Frequency Standards
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Metrologia
- Vol. 29 (2), 201-212
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/29/2/008
Abstract
Potential frequency standards based on laser cooled atoms are evaluated. We estimate that a standard based on an atomic fountain of cesium atoms can have an accuracy of Δν/ν = 10-16. Frequency standards based on ion traps are also evaluated.Keywords
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