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Advances in 133Cs fountains: control of the cold collision shift and observation of Feshbach resonances

  • S. Bize
  • , H. Marion
  • , L. Cacciapuoti
  • , C. Vian
  • , P. Rosenbusch
  • , F. Pereira dos Santos
  • , P. Wolf
  • , M. Abgrall
  • , I. Maksimovic
  • , J. Grünert
  • , G. Santarelli
  • , P. Laurent
  • , A. Luiten
  • , M. Tobar
  • , S.J.J.M.F. Kokkelmans
  • , C. Salomon
  • , A. Clairon

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Abstract

This paper describes the work performed at BNM-SYRTE (Observatoire de Paris) over the past few years toward the improvement and the use of microwave frequency standards using laser-cooled atoms. First, recent improvements of the 133Cs and 87Rb atomic fountains are described. An important advance is the achievement of a fractional frequency instability of 1.6 × 10-14τ-1/2 where τ is the measurement time in seconds, thanks to the routine use of a cryogenic sapphire oscillator as an ultra-stable local frequency reference. The second advance is a powerful method to control the frequency shift due to cold collisions. These two advances lead to a frequency stability of 2 × 10-16 at 50 000 s for the first time for primary standards. In addition, these clocks realize the SI second with an accuracy of 7 × 10-16, one order of magnitude below that of uncooled devices.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAtomic Physics 19: XIX International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2004) , 25-30 July, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EditorsL.G. Marcassa
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics
Pages93-102
ISBN (Print)0-7354-0255-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2005
Event19th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2004) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 25 Jul 200430 Jul 2004
Conference number: 19

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume770
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
NameAtomic Physics
PublisherAmerican Institiute of Physics
Volume19
ISSN (Print)0090-6360

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2004)
Abbreviated titleICAP 2004
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period25/07/0430/07/04

Keywords

  • Optical cooling of atoms
  • trapping
  • Time and frequency
  • Determination of fundamental constants

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