The quantum beat : principles and applications of atomic clocks / F.G. Major
Av: Major, Fouad G.
Materialtyp:
BokFörläggare: New York : Springer, cop. 2007Upplaga: 2. ed.Beskrivning: xi, 479 p. : ill.ISBN: 9780387695334 (hd.bd.); 0-387-69533-8 (hd.bd.).Ämnen: Ur | Clocks and watches | Atomfysik | Nuclear physicsOther classification: G04F5/14
Innehåll:
1. Celestial and mechanical clocks -- 2. Oscillations and Fourier analysis -- 3. Oscillators -- 4. Quartz clocks -- 5. The languange of electrons, atoms, and quanta -- 6. Magnetic resonance -- 7. Corrections to observed atomic resonance -- 8. The rubidium clock -- 9. The classical cesium standard -- 10. Atomic and molecular oscillators: masers -- 11. The hydrogen maser -- 12. The confinement of particles in fields -- 13. Isolated ion clock: a new approach -- 14. Optical frequency oscillators: lasers -- 15. Laser systems -- 16. Laser cooling of atoms and ions -- 17. Appllication of lasers to microwave standards -- 18. Optical standards and measurement -- 19. Applications: time-based navigation -- 20. Atomic clocks and fundamental physics
