Miniaturized laser magnetometers and clocks

摘要: It is with great pleasure that I contribute to this volume honoring Theodor Hansch on the occasion of his 60th birthday (or, in present context precision measurements, shouldn’t we call it 61st, really?). As a Ph.D. student constructing original Garching frequency chain lab was infected “passion for precision” has influenced my subsequent career laser spectroscopy and atomic physics. Here would like report application some techniques developed measurements hydrogen thermal alkali vapors, leading very sensitive optical magnetometers compact cesium clocks.