Frequency standards and metrology (Proceedings)

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.

Cold atom and cold trapped ion optical and microwave frequency standards. Optical clocks and atomic fountain clocks. Optical combs and optical frequency measurement. Microwave and optical frequency synthesis. Laser stabilisation and precision local oscillators. Infrared laser sources for standards and spectroscopy. Clocks in space. Optical and microwave standards based on gas cells. Precision measurements of fundamental constants and simple atoms. Application to fundamental physics. Application to coherent systems and entangled states. Standards for the optical telecommunications regions. Methods of high accuracy frequency transfer and comparison. Cold atom manipulation techniques.