Measurement and Cancellation of the Cold Collision Frequency Shift in an 87Rb Fountain Clock

Chad Fertig and Kurt Gibble
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1622 – Published 21 August 2000
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Abstract

We measure a cold collision frequency shift in an 87Rb fountain clock that is fractionally 30 times smaller than that for Cs. The shift is 0.38(8)mHz for a density of 1.0(6)×109cm3. We study the cavity pulling of the atomic transition and use it to cancel the cold collision shift. We also measure the partial frequency shifts of each clock state finding 2(λ10λ20)/(λ10+λ20)=0.1(6).

  • Received 27 March 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1622

©2000 American Physical Society

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Chad Fertig and Kurt Gibble

  • Department of Physics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208120, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120

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Vol. 85, Iss. 8 — 21 August 2000

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