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 …

Clock with Systematic Uncertainty

A Aeppli, K Kim, W Warfield, MS Safronova, J Ye - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We report an optical lattice clock with a total systematic uncertainty of 8.1× 10-19 in fractional
frequency units, representing the lowest uncertainty of any clock to date. The clock relies on …

Differential clock comparisons with a multiplexed optical lattice clock

X Zheng, J Dolde, V Lochab, BN Merriman, H Li… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid progress in optical atomic clock performance has advanced the frontiers of
timekee**, metrology and quantum science,–. Despite considerable efforts, the …

JILA SrI optical lattice clock with uncertainty of

T Bothwell, D Kedar, E Oelker, JM Robinson… - Metrologia, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on an improved systematic evaluation of the JILA SrI optical lattice clock,
achieving a nearly identical uncertainty compared to the previous strontium record set by the …

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 …

Entanglement on an optical atomic-clock transition

E Pedrozo-Peñafiel, S Colombo, C Shu, AF Adiyatullin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
State-of-the-art atomic clocks are based on the precise detection of the energy difference
between two atomic levels, which is measured in terms of the quantum phase accumulated …

Search for ultralight dark matter from long-term frequency comparisons of optical and microwave atomic clocks

T Kobayashi, A Takamizawa, D Akamatsu… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We search for ultralight scalar dark matter candidates that induce oscillations of the fine
structure constant, the electron and quark masses, and the quantum chromodynamics …

An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10−18 level

BJ Bloom, TL Nicholson, JR Williams, SL Campbell… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Progress in atomic, optical and quantum science, has led to rapid improvements in atomic
clocks. At the same time, atomic clock research has helped to advance the frontiers of …

Microscopic control and detection of ultracold strontium in optical-tweezer arrays

MA Norcia, AW Young, AM Kaufman - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Optical tweezers provide a versatile platform for the manipulation and detection of single
atoms. Here, we use optical tweezers to demonstrate a set of tools for the microscopic …

Imaging Optical Frequencies with Precision and Resolution

GE Marti, RB Hutson, A Goban, SL Campbell, N Poli… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We implement imaging spectroscopy of the optical clock transition of lattice-trapped
degenerate fermionic Sr in the Mott-insulating regime, combining micron spatial resolution …