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 …

Atomic clocks for geodesy

TE Mehlstäubler, G Grosche, C Lisdat… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review experimental progress on optical atomic clocks and frequency transfer, and
consider the prospects of using these technologies for geodetic measurements. Today …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic evaluation of an atomic clock at 2× 10− 18 total uncertainty

TL Nicholson, SL Campbell, RB Hutson… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The pursuit of better atomic clocks has advanced many research areas, providing better
quantum state control, new insights in quantum science, tighter limits on fundamental …

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 …

Alkaline-earth atoms in optical tweezers

A Cooper, JP Covey, IS Madjarov, SG Porsev… - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate single-shot imaging and narrow-line cooling of individual alkaline-earth
atoms in optical tweezers; specifically, strontium trapped in 515.2-nm light. Our approach …

Cryogenic optical lattice clocks

I Ushijima, M Takamoto, M Das, T Ohkubo, H Katori - Nature Photonics, 2015 - nature.com
The accuracy of atomic clocks relies on the superb reproducibility of atomic spectroscopy,
which is accomplished by careful control and the elimination of environmental perturbations …

Spectroscopic observation of SU(N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism

X Zhang, M Bishof, SL Bromley, CV Kraus… - science, 2014 - science.org
SU (N) symmetry can emerge in a quantum system with N single-particle spin states when
spin is decoupled from interparticle interactions. Taking advantage of the high measurement …