[time-nuts] Re. DIY atomic "resonator"

[jimlux]

On 4/11/17 9:22 AM, Magnus Danielson and Rick Karlquist wrote:
>
>> This is in the category of projects where if you were qualified
>> to do it, your time is far too valuable to do it for the amount
>> of money you would save.
>
> This is the type of project you do not to save any money, but to spend
> and learn.
>
> Even if done in a much more modern fashion, avoiding several of the
> traditional problems, there is plenty of issues to solve and handle.

I would agree, after watching the folks in my area doing the Cold Atom 
Lab (which makes Rb Bose Einstein Condensates in a "benchtop" unit) here 
at JPL. It's similar in many ways to building a Rb reference.. lasers, 
Rb cells, etc.; countless things to do, to figure out, and none of them 
are easy.