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CPT atomic clock with cold-technology-based vapour cell. / Kobtsev, S.; Donchenko, S.; Khripunov, S. et al.
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T1 - CPT atomic clock with cold-technology-based vapour cell
AU - Kobtsev, S.
AU - Donchenko, S.
AU - Khripunov, S.
AU - Radnatarov, D.
AU - Blinov, I.
AU - Palchikov, V.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Alkali-metal vapour cells are the core of coherent population trapping (CPT) atomic clocks, devices with a multitude of applications. These cells ensure high clock stability due to an atomic reference resonance. The contemporary technologies of alkali-metal vapour cells for atomic clocks compatible with mass production are relatively complicated and require special materials, as well as sub-technologies. The present work for the first time studies atomic CPT cocks with rubidium miniature cells fabricated with a simpler direct optical bonding technology, which has never hitherto been used for this purpose. The proposed technology can be implemented both in industrial and in laboratory setting. The measured stability of CPT atomic clock with rubidium cells fabricated with this technology amounted to 4 × 10–11 over 1 s and 1.3 × 10–12 over 103 s. The generated results indicate that the direct optical bonding technology can be successfully utilised for fabrication of compact cells with alkali-metal vapours for metrological and sensor applications.
AB - Alkali-metal vapour cells are the core of coherent population trapping (CPT) atomic clocks, devices with a multitude of applications. These cells ensure high clock stability due to an atomic reference resonance. The contemporary technologies of alkali-metal vapour cells for atomic clocks compatible with mass production are relatively complicated and require special materials, as well as sub-technologies. The present work for the first time studies atomic CPT cocks with rubidium miniature cells fabricated with a simpler direct optical bonding technology, which has never hitherto been used for this purpose. The proposed technology can be implemented both in industrial and in laboratory setting. The measured stability of CPT atomic clock with rubidium cells fabricated with this technology amounted to 4 × 10–11 over 1 s and 1.3 × 10–12 over 103 s. The generated results indicate that the direct optical bonding technology can be successfully utilised for fabrication of compact cells with alkali-metal vapours for metrological and sensor applications.
KW - Alkali vapour cell
KW - Buffer-gas mixture
KW - CPT atomic clock
KW - Direct optical bonding
KW - FUSED-SILICA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067621044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.105634
DO - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.105634
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067621044
VL - 119
JO - Optics and Laser Technology
JF - Optics and Laser Technology
SN - 0030-3992
M1 - 105634
ER -
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