Abstract
A technique to cancel the frequency shift due to cold collisions of laser-cooled atoms is proposed. Results for future clocks based on Cs135 and Cs137 are presented. We find a Cs137 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 Cs135. This technique can also be applied to other phase-sensitive measurements using cold atoms, including atom interferometers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3370-3373 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics