Performance of the PARCS testbed cesium fountain frequency standard

Enzer, Daphna G.; Klipstein, William M.

dc.contributor.author	Enzer, Daphna G.
dc.contributor.author	Klipstein, William M.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-04-30T22:56:36Z
dc.date.available	2007-04-30T22:56:36Z
dc.date.issued	2004-08-24
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE International Ultasound, Ferroelectrices and Frequency Control 50th Anniversary, Montreal, Canada, August 24-27, 2004.	en
dc.identifier.clearanceno	04-2885
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40207
dc.description.abstract	A cesium fountain frequency standard has been developed as a ground testbed for the PARCS (Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space) experiment -- an experiment intended to fly on the lnternational Space Station. We report on the performance of the fountain and describe some of the implementations motivated in large part by flight considerations, but of relevance for ground fountains. In particular, we report on a new technique for delivering cooling and trapping laser beams to the atom collection region, in which a given beam is recirculated three times effectively providing much more optical power than traditional configurations. Allan deviations down to 10<superscript -15> have been achieved with this method.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004.	en
dc.subject	cesium	en
dc.subject	fountain	en
dc.subject	light shift	en
dc.subject	frequency standards	en
dc.subject	atomic clocks	en
dc.subject	Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space (PARCS)
dc.title	Performance of the PARCS testbed cesium fountain frequency standard	en
dc.type	Preprint	en