The NIM4 atomic fountain clock has been operating since August 2003. We in this paper report the experiments certifying its stability of 8E-13//spl tau//sup 1/2/, reproducibility of 5E-15, and present results of the first evaluation for its systematic frequency correction with an uncertainty of 8.5 E-15 during September to December 2003.
Akifumi TakamizawaShinya YanagimachiTakehiko TanabeKen HagimotoIku HiranoK. WatabeTakeshi IkegamiJohn G. Hartnett
D.M. MeekhofS.R. JeffertsJ.H. ShirleyT.E. Parker
D. M. MeekhofSteven R. JeffertsM. StepanovićT.E. Parker
Steven R. JeffertsD. M. MeekhofJ.H. ShirleyT.E. ParkerFilippo Levi
Akifumi TakamizawaShinya YanagimachiKen Hagimoto