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 …

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

T Kobayashi, A Takamizawa, D Akamatsu, A Kawasaki… - Physical review …, 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 …

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 …

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 …

An Atomic Clock with 10–18 Instability

N Hinkley, JA Sherman, NB Phillips, M Schioppo… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Atomic clocks have been instrumental in science and technology, leading to innovations
such as global positioning, advanced communications, and tests of fundamental constant …

Optical-frequency transfer over a single-span 1840 km fiber link

S Droste, F Ozimek, T Udem, K Predehl, TW Hänsch… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
To compare the increasing number of optical frequency standards, highly stable optical
signals have to be transferred over continental distances. We demonstrate optical-frequency …

Frequency ratio of Yb and Sr clocks with 5× 10− 17 uncertainty at 150 seconds averaging time

N Nemitz, T Ohkubo, M Takamoto, I Ushijima, M Das… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Transition frequencies of atoms and ions are among the most accurately accessible
quantities in nature, playing important roles in pushing the frontiers of science by testing …

Experimental realization of an optical second with strontium lattice clocks

R Le Targat, L Lorini, Y Le Coq, M Zawada… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Progress in realizing the SI second had multiple technological impacts and enabled further
constraint of theoretical models in fundamental physics. Caesium microwave fountains …

High-Accuracy Optical Clock Based on the Octupole Transition in

N Huntemann, M Okhapkin, B Lipphardt, S Weyers… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We experimentally investigate an optical frequency standard based on the 467 nm (642
THz) electric-octupole reference transition S 1/2 2 (F= 0)→ F 7/2 2 (F= 3) in a single trapped …