-------- In message <2254f8a0-9ea7-e0d3-18d7-90918985c...@rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus D anielson writes:
>The A magnet being replaced by the A laser will for the same flow from >the cesium oven produce twice as much atoms and thus improve signal to >noise. It will generate more than twice the (usable) atoms, becuase the straight path is (almost) insensitive to their velocity distribution, whereas the corner-turning at the magnet is not. Not sure if their "100x" claim holds, but it is not patently impossible. However, the slide-decks claim that atoms are "reused" is 100% bogus. >I also expect that the optical detection does not experience the >same wear mechanisms as the traditional setup. Laser wear is however a >concern, but easier to handle. That is probably why they have "two redundant laser modules", a complication they cannot possibly have accepted if they didn't need it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
