The Quantum Physics of Atomic Frequency Standards: Recent Developments (Hardcover)

Microwave Atomic Frequency Standards: Review and Recent Developments
Classical Atomic Frequency Standards
Other Atomic Microwave Frequency Standards
On the Limits of Classical Microwave Atomic Frequency Standards
Appendices

Recent Advances in Atomic Physics That Have Impact on Atomic Frequency Standards Development
Solid-State Diode Laser
Control of Wavelength and Spectral Width of Laser Diodes
Laser Optical Pumping
Coherent Population Trapping
Laser Cooling of Atoms
Appendix

Microwave Frequency Standards Using New Physics
Cs Beam Frequency Standard
Atomic Fountain Approach
Isotropic Cooling Approach
Room Temperature Rb Standard Approach Using Laser Optical Pumping
CPT Approach
Laser-Cooled Microwave Ion Clocks
Appendices

Optical Frequency Standards
Early Approach Using Absorption Cells
Some Basic Ideas
MOT Approach
Single Ion Optical Clocks
Optical Lattice Neutral Atoms Clock
Frequency Measurement of Optical Clocks

Summary, Conclusion, and Reflections
Accuracy and Frequency Stability
Selected Applications of Atomic Frequency Standards
Last Reflections