Microwave Power Standard using Cold Atoms
Instrumentation and Detectors
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss how the observation of Rabi flopping oscillations in a laser cooled atomic sample could be used as a microwave power standard. The rubidium atoms are first trapped in a standard MOT, then optically pumped, and dropped. As they enter the interaction region, a resonant pulsed microwave field is applied. Following the interaction lasting up to 10 ms, a probe laser beam is turned on and the fluorescence measures the population inversion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0504064,
title = {Microwave Power Standard using Cold Atoms},
author = {David C. Paulusse and Nelson L. Rowell and Alain Michaud},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504064},
year = {2007}
}
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1 page, 2 figures