Working files and figures for "Atomic Clock on a Budget" paper

==== Suggested paper titles =====

Atomic Clock on a Budget (cute work name, but I don't think it will work).

Atomic Clock prototype for Undergraduate Laboratories

(please add more!)

==== Idea =====

We will write a paper for American Journal of Physics describing our atomic clock setup, suggesting it for the undergraduate laboratory.

==== Outline =====

• Introduction
• VCSEL setup and modulation properties
• CPT resonances with VCSEL
• Atomic clock - feedback and stability measurements.
• Outline Plan, 3.24.08

==== Main text ====

AJP manuscript requirements and submission info

03/17 Latex template for the paper -in

cptclocksAJP.tex

==== Graphs and schematics =====

Please for each experimental graph indicate the data file name and location (or upload it here).

Drawings, photos: Experimental setup diagrams (detailed versions):

• setup EIT.eps setup clock.eps

Lambda system:

Stellex Carrier and Sideband Comb: ,

VCSEL Diode with SMA Connector:

VCSEL Setup (heat sink, bias-T, collimating tube, SMA connector):

• This is the one I have used on the midterm report and REU report, and I can take another picture if necessary to replace this one. Absorption spectra of Rb-87:

Sideband to carrier ratio versus modulation power:

Stellex Mini-YIG Oscillator:

• Are we allowed to use this, or is it proprietary hardware that we can just use but not put in a paper? Single and triple EIT peak:

Locked versus Free-Running Plot:

Locking at same frequency over a span of several days: ?Same Locking Frequency.jpg

Electronic schematics:

Ultra low-noise current source for VCSEL:

Low-noise current controller for Stellex oscillator: this is old version

PID box for atomic clocks:

Experimental data

see elog http://qol.dyndns.info:8080/QOL/152

==== Supplementary information =====

Nathan's reports:

REU 2007 final report: REU Paper.pdf

Senior thesis interim report: midterm research paper.pdf

Senior thesis final report: final research paper.pdf

References

Science reference

The science of timekeeping TheScienceOfTimekeeping.pdf

Sample papers (for style)

A visible extended cavity diode laser for the undergraduate laboratory: ECDLvis.pdf Single photon experiments for undergraduate labs: BeckAJP.pdf , ColgateAJP.pdf , MitchelAJP.pdf , SinglePhotonsDehlinger.pdf