Atomic Fountain Development at U.s.n.o
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چکیده
Atomic fountain clocks are showing great promise as primary frequency standards (1). In light of this, we have started a program to develop atomic fountain clocks at the U. S. Naval Observatory. The mission of the observatory, however, dictates different design goals than that of a standards institution. In this paper we will discuss the goals of our atomic fountain project, a scheme for reducing the overall temperature sensitivity of the fountain, and the status of our efforts to launch atoms from a four beam optical lattice.
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