Frequency Comparison of Two Optical Clocks with an Uncertainty at the Level

Y Huang, H Guan, P Liu, W Bian, L Ma, K Liang, T Li… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Based upon an over-one-month frequency comparison of two Ca+ 40 optical clocks, the
frequency difference between the two clocks is measured to be 3.2× 10-17 with a …

A perspective on the future of transportable optical lattice clocks

M Takamoto, Y Tanaka, H Katori - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The unprecedented stability and accuracy of optical atomic clocks extend their role not only
in frequency metrology but also in fundamental physics and geodesy. In particular, excellent …

Frequency ratios of Sr, Yb, and Hg based optical lattice clocks and their applications

M Takamoto, I Ushijima, M Das… - Comptes …, 2015 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
490 M. Takamoto et al./CR Physique 16 (2015) 489–498 phase. Nous commençons par une
revue des horloges optiques à Sr cryogéniques qui réduisent le décalage de fréquence dû …

Comparing a mercury optical lattice clock with microwave and optical frequency standards

R Tyumenev, M Favier, S Bilicki, E Bookjans… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we report the evaluation of an optical lattice clock based on neutral mercury
with a relative uncertainty of $1.7\times {10}^{-16} $. Comparing this characterized frequency …

Inner-shell magnetic dipole transition in Tm atoms: A candidate for optical lattice clocks

D Sukachev, S Fedorov, I Tolstikhina, D Tregubov… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
We consider a narrow magneto-dipole transition in the Tm 169 atom at the wavelength of
1.14 μ m as a candidate for a two-dimensional-optical lattice clock. Calculating dynamic …

A comparison of two 40Ca+ single-ion optical frequency standards at the 5 × 10−17 level and an evaluation of systematic shifts

Y Huang, H Guan, W Bian, L Ma, K Liang, T Li, K Gao - Applied Physics B, 2017 - Springer
A comparison of two optical frequency standards and a detailed study of the systematic
frequency shifts of each 40 Ca+ single-ion optical frequency standard is presented. The …

A mercury optical lattice clock at LNE-SYRTE

L De Sarlo, M Favier, R Tyumenev… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the development of an optical lattice clock based on mercury and the results
obtained since the 7 th SFSM. We briefly present a new solution for the cooling laser system …

Study on the clock-transition spectrum of cold 171Yb ytterbium atoms

X Zhang, M Zhou, N Chen, Q Gao, C Han… - Laser Physics …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed study of the clock-transition spectrum of cold 171 Yb ytterbium atoms
in a 1D optical lattice. A typical clock-transition spectrum with a carrier-sideband structure is …

A compact, sub-Hertz linewidth 729 nm laser for a miniaturized 40Ca+ optical clock

J Shang, J Cao, K Cui, S Wang, P Zhang, J Yuan… - Optics …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a compact, sub-Hertz 729 nm laser for a miniaturized 40 Ca+ single-ion optical
clock. An external cavity diode laser is frequency-stabilized to a horizontally mounted …

Improvement of stability of 40Ca+ optical clock with state preparation

MY Zeng, Y Huang, H Shao, M Wang… - Chinese Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Stability is one of most important performances of an atomic clock. Here we describe our
recent work on improving the stability of our 40 Ca+ optical clock. State preparation is …