ELIMINATING COLD-COLLISION FREQUENCY-SHIFTS

被引:51
作者
GIBBLE, K [1 ]
VERHAAR, BJ [1 ]
机构
[1] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, 5600 MB EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.52.3370
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A technique to cancel the frequency shift due to cold collisions of laser-cooled atoms is proposed. Results for future clocks based on Cs-135 and Cs-137 are presented. We find a Cs-137 fountain clock can be operated with no cold-collision shift by adjusting the population ratios in the fountain, and it may also be possible for Cs-135. This technique can also be applied to other phase-sensitive measurements using cold atoms, including atom interferometers.
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页码:3370 / 3373
页数:4
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