Optical atomic clocks

AD Ludlow, MM Boyd, J Ye, E Peik, PO Schmidt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Optical atomic clocks represent the state of the art in the frontier of modern measurement
science. In this article a detailed review on the development of optical atomic clocks that are …

Geodesy and metrology with a transportable optical clock

J Grotti, S Koller, S Vogt, S Häfner, U Sterr, C Lisdat… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks, due to their unprecedented stability,–and uncertainty,,–, are already
being used to test physical theories, and herald a revision of the International System of …

Optical frequency standards for time and length applications

FL Hong - Measurement Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The last decade has witnessed tremendous progress in research on optical frequency
metrology. Optical frequency standards using optical lattice and single-ion trap technologies …

Towards the optical second: verifying optical clocks at the SI limit

WF McGrew, X Zhang, H Leopardi, RJ Fasano… - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The pursuit of ever more precise measures of time and frequency motivates redefinition of
the second in terms of an optical atomic transition. To ensure continuity with the current …

Absolute frequency measurement of the 1S0–3P0 transition of 171Yb with a link to international atomic time

M Pizzocaro, F Bregolin, P Barbieri, B Rauf, F Levi… - Metrologia, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the absolute frequency measurement of the unperturbed optical clock transition 1
S 0–3 P 0 in 171 Yb performed with an optical lattice frequency standard. Traceability to the …

A strontium optical lattice clock with 1× 10− 17 uncertainty and measurement of its absolute frequency

R Hobson, W Bowden, A Vianello, A Silva… - Metrologia, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a measurement of the absolute frequency of the 5 s 2 1 S 0 to 5s5p 3 P 0
transition in 87 Sr which is a secondary representation of the SI second. We describe the …

Absolute frequency measurement of the–transition of 171Yb

M Pizzocaro, P Thoumany, B Rauf, F Bregolin… - Metrologia, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the absolute frequency measurement of the unperturbed transition ${{}^{1}}{{\text
{S}} _ {0}} $–${{}^{3}}{{\text {P}} _ {0}} $ at 578 nm in 171 Yb realized in an optical lattice …

Absolute frequency measurement of the 171Yb optical lattice clock at KRISS using TAI for over a year

H Kim, MS Heo, CY Park, DH Yu, WK Lee - Metrologia, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a measurement of the absolute frequency of the 1 S 0–3 P 0 transition in the 171
Yb optical lattice clock at KRISS (KRISS-Yb1) for 14 months, which was referenced to the SI …

Demonstration of the nearly continuous operation of an 171Yb optical lattice clock for half a year

T Kobayashi, D Akamatsu, K Hosaka, Y Hisai… - Metrologia, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical lattice clocks surpass primary Cs microwave clocks in frequency stability and
accuracy, and are promising candidates for a redefinition of the second in the International …

Absolute frequency measurement of 1S0 (F= 1/2)–3P0 (F= 1/2) transition of 171Yb atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice at KRISS

CY Park, DH Yu, WK Lee, SE Park, EB Kim, SK Lee… - Metrologia, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We measured the absolute frequency of the optical clock transition 1 S 0 (F= 1/2)–3 P 0 (F=
1/2) of 171 Yb atoms confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice and it was determined to …