In message <cad2jfagqboeg-iyb5z2_rbjuldj7sbvc5bofpntk45rjesr...@mail.gmail.com>
, paul swed writes:

>Boy I have to go back and check. I thought fountains used lasers and such to
>slow the atoms down.

They do.  And a microwave field.

But I still think it is easier to make work than the state selection magnets
in a CS.

Of course, there's also the laser-based cesium to consider.

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