Frequency Standards and Metrology

This book discusses the latest research ideas with application to frequency standards (e.g. optical clocks) and assesses ideas from previous symposia which have undergone critical analysis. Contents:OPOs and IR StandardsCs Fountains and ComparisonsTrapped Ions IOptical Combs ICPT StandardsPrecision MeasurementsSpace ClocksCold Atom TechniquesMicrowave StandardsCold Atom Optical StandardsTrapped Ions IIStable Lasers and ApplicationsOptical Combs IIIR Standards IICaesium and Rubidium StandardsTrapped Ion Optical StandardsInfrared Standards IIIIodine-Stabilized Laser StandardsPresicion Measurements IICold Atom Optical Standards and TechniquesOptical Frequency Combs and Stable LasersMicrowave Standards and SynthesisSpace Clocks II1.5 μm Standards Readership: Graduate students and researchers in applied physics, low temperature physics, optics, condensed matter physics, astrophysics/astronomy/cosmology, quantum physics and earthquake engineering. Keywords:Optical Clocks;Caesium Fountain Clocks;Trapped Ion Standards;Optical Frequency Standards;Microwave Frequency Standards;Cold Atom Standards;Optical Frequency Measurement;Stabilised Lasers;Optical Frequency Combs;Femtosecond Combs;Space Clocks;Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants;Microwave Frequency Synthesis;Optical Frequency Synthesis;Infra-Red Frequency Standards