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Collected Papers of Carl Wieman

Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell

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Monroe, C; Robinson, H; Wieman, C
January 1, 2008

Cesium atoms in a vapor cell have been trapped and cooled by using light from laser diodes. The 6s F = 4, m = 0 →6.9 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 ˣ 10-l2√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.

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Monroe, C., Robinson, H., & Wieman, C. (2008). Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell. In Collected Papers of Carl Wieman (pp. 298–300). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812813787_0039
Monroe, C., H. Robinson, and C. Wieman. “Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell.” In Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 298–300, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812813787_0039.
Monroe C, Robinson H, Wieman C. Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell. In: Collected Papers of Carl Wieman. 2008. p. 298–300.
Monroe, C., et al. “Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell.” Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 2008, pp. 298–300. Scopus, doi:10.1142/9789812813787_0039.
Monroe C, Robinson H, Wieman C. Observation of the cesium clock transition using laser-cooled atoms in a vapor cell. Collected Papers of Carl Wieman. 2008. p. 298–300.

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