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    This document discusses atomic clocks, specifically atomic beam clocks and cold atom clocks. Atomic beam clocks use two spatially separated interaction zones to excite atoms between ground states using microwaves, while cold atom clocks have longer interaction times of around 1 second due to slower atom velocities. Cold atom clocks can achieve precision of around 10-16 seconds.

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    Physics 4062/5062 Tutorial Ten Atomic Clocks

    Atomic Beam Clocks Two spatially separated interaction zones in which atoms are excited between ground states using microwaves.
    T = L/u ~ 10-3 s = w/u

    Atomic Response to Two Pulses/Interactions See lecture notes

    Analogy with diffraction/interference patterns

    Cold Atom Clocks

    T = L/u ~ 1 s

    Precision of cold atoms clocks ~10-16 seconds

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