The invention relates to the technical field of atomic clocks, and discloses a fountain type cold 
atomic clock. On one hand, an 
atomic energy state selection mechanism is changed into an 
optical pumping state selection mechanism, an 
atomic state selection structure and a 
fluorescence detection structure can be combined into one, and then a state selection 
microwave cavity structure commonly used for the fountain type cold 
atomic clock can be removed, so that the overall height of a 
physical system structure is greatly reduced, the size and the weight of the 
atomic clock are effectively reduced, and movement, popularization and use are facilitated; and on the other hand, due to the fact that the atomic 
utilization rate is greatly improved through the 
optical pumping state selection, the number of atoms used for 
microwave inquiry is multiplied, the 
signal-to-
noise ratio of a 
spectral line is increased, then the index influence caused by the fact that the 
line width of the 
spectral line is increased due to height reduction is counteracted, the index potential of the accuracy and the stability is equivalent to that of a current fountain type cold atomic 
clock, and the performance of the atomic 
clock cannot be affected due to height reduction.