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 …

Quantum-Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below

SM Brewer, JS Chen, AM Hankin, ER Clements… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We describe an optical atomic clock based on quantum-logic spectroscopy of the S 0 1↔ P
3 0 transition in Al+ 27 with a systematic uncertainty of 9.4× 10-19 and a frequency stability …

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 …

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 …

Optical atomic clocks

N Poli, CW Oates, P Gill, GM Tino - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2013 - Springer
In the last ten years extraordinary results in time and frequency metrology have been
demonstrated. Frequency-stabilization techniques for continuous-wave lasers and …

Precise determination of micromotion for trapped-ion optical clocks

J Keller, HL Partner, T Burgermeister… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
As relative systematic frequency uncertainties in trapped-ion spectroscopy are approaching
the low 10− 18 range, motional frequency shifts account for a considerable fraction of the …

Blackbody-radiation shift in the Sr optical atomic clock

MS Safronova, SG Porsev, UI Safronova… - Physical Review A …, 2013 - APS
We evaluated the static and dynamic polarizabilities of the 5 s 2 1 S 0 and 5 s 5 p 3 P 0 o
states of Sr using the high-precision relativistic configuration interaction combined with the …

Enhancing divalent optical atomic clocks with the transition

MA Bohman, SG Porsev, DB Hume, DR Leibrandt… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Divalent atoms and ions with a singlet S ground state and triplet P excited state form the
basis of many high-precision optical atomic clocks. Along with the metastable P 0 3 clock …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a transportable aluminium ion quantum logic optical clock

S Hannig, L Pelzer, N Scharnhorst, J Kramer… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
With the advent of optical clocks featuring fractional frequency uncertainties on the order of
10− 17 and below, new applications such as chronometric leveling with few-centimeter …