Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

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 …

An optical atomic clock based on a highly charged ion

SA King, LJ Spieß, P Micke, A Wilzewski, T Leopold… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks are the most accurate measurement devices ever constructed and
have found many applications in fundamental science and technology,–. The use of highly …

Single-Ion Atomic Clock with Systematic Uncertainty

N Huntemann, C Sanner, B Lipphardt, C Tamm, E Peik - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We experimentally investigate an optical frequency standard based on the S 1/2 2 (F= 0)→ F
7/2 2 (F= 3) electric octupole (E 3) transition of a single trapped Yb+ 171 ion. For the …

Optical clock comparison for Lorentz symmetry testing

C Sanner, N Huntemann, R Lange, C Tamm, E Peik… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Questioning basic assumptions about the structure of space and time has greatly enhanced
our understanding of nature. State-of-the-art atomic clocks,–make it possible to precisely test …

Frequency Ratio of Two Optical Clock Transitions in and Constraints on the Time Variation of Fundamental Constants

RM Godun, PBR Nisbet-Jones, JM Jones, SA King… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
Singly ionized ytterbium, with ultranarrow optical clock transitions at 467 and 436 nm, is a
convenient system for the realization of optical atomic clocks and tests of present-day …

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 …

Improved Limit on a Temporal Variation of from Comparisons of and Cs Atomic Clocks

N Huntemann, B Lipphardt, C Tamm, V Gerginov… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
Accurate measurements of different transition frequencies between atomic levels of the
electronic and hyperfine structure over time are used to investigate temporal variations of the …

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 …

Towards a redefinition of the second based on optical atomic clocks

F Riehle - Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2015 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Since 1967, the second as the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) is
defined via an unperturbed hyperfine transition in atomic caesium [1] that is interrogated by …