Method and system for operating an atomic clock with alternating-polarization light

• Main Authors: Happer, William, Jau, Yuan-Yu, Kuzma, Nicholas N, Miron, Eli, Post, Amber B, Romalis, Michael V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.09.2006

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing the intensity of coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances, used in atomic clocks and magnetometers, by pumping the atoms with light of alternating polarization. Pumping with such light, characterized by a photon spin vector th...