Quantum Physics of Atomic Frequency Standards - Recent Developments

This new edition examines updated developments on the frequency standards, alongside content on the International System of Units (SI) and the role of atomic clocks on their base units. It also features new material on Coherent Population Trapping and new developments in the field of optical frequency standards.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Microwave Atomic Frequency Standards: Review and Recent Developments. Chapter 2: Recent Advances in Atomic Physics That Have Impact on Atomic Frequency Standards Development. Chapter 3: Microwave Frequency Standards Using New Physics. Chapter 4: Optical Frequency Standards. Chapter 5: Summary, Conclusion, and Reflections. Annexes: QPAFS Second Edition 2024 Annexes. References. Index.

About the author

Jacques Vanier is retired from the National Research Council of Canada and as adjunct professor in the Physics Department at the University of Montreal. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Physical Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has written more than 120 journal articles and proceedings papers and is the author of several books on masers, lasers, and atomic clocks. His main research work is oriented toward the understanding and application of the quantum electronics phenomena.
Cipriana Tomescu is retired from The Institute of Physics, Bucharest, Romania, and as invited researcher in the Physics Department at the University of Montreal. She is the author of numerous articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Her research involves state-of-the-art atomic frequency standards and H masers.

Summary

This new edition examines updated developments on the frequency standards, alongside content on the International System of Units (SI) and the role of atomic clocks on their base units. It also features new material on Coherent Population Trapping and new developments in the field of optical frequency standards.

Product details

• Authors: Cipriana Tomescu, Tomescu Cipriana, Jacques Vanier, Jacques (Universite De Montreal Vanier, Vanier Jacques
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032565798
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256579-8
• No. of pages: 506
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, molecular biology, chemistry, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Atomic & molecular physics, Applied mathematics, Applied physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics