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 …

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 …

Demonstration of 4.8 × 10−17 stability at 1 s for two independent optical clocks

E Oelker, RB Hutson, CJ Kennedy, L Sonderhouse… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks require local oscillators with exceptional optical coherence owing to
the challenge of performing spectroscopy on their ultranarrow-linewidth clock transitions …

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 …

[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 …

Improved limits for violations of local position invariance from atomic clock comparisons

R Lange, N Huntemann, JM Rahm, C Sanner… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We compare two optical clocks based on the S 2 1/2 (F= 0)→ D 2 3/2 (F= 2) electric
quadrupole (E2) and the S 2 1/2 (F= 0)→ F 2 7/2 (F= 3) electric octupole (E3) transition of Yb …

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 …

Precision metrology meets cosmology: improved constraints on ultralight dark matter from atom-cavity frequency comparisons

CJ Kennedy, E Oelker, JM Robinson, T Bothwell… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We conduct frequency comparisons between a state-of-the-art strontium optical lattice clock,
a cryogenic crystalline silicon cavity, and a hydrogen maser to set new bounds on the …

A clock network for geodesy and fundamental science

C Lisdat, G Grosche, N Quintin, C Shi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Leveraging the unrivalled performance of optical clocks as key tools for geo-science, for
astronomy and for fundamental physics beyond the standard model requires comparing the …

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 …