Systematic study of the 87Srclock transition in an optical lattice.
With ultracold 87Srconfined in a magic wavelength optical lattice, we present the most precise study (2.8 Hz statistical uncertainty) to date of the 1S0-3P0 optical clock transition with a detailed analysis of systematic shifts (19 Hz uncertainty) in the absolute frequency measurement of 429 228 004 229 869 Hz. The high resolution permits an investigation of the optical lattice motional sideband structure. The local oscillator for this optical atomic clock is a stable diode laser with its hertz-level linewidth characterized by an octave-spanning femtosecond frequency comb.
Ludlow
Andrew D
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JILA and Department of Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA.
Boyd
Martin M
MM
Zelevinsky
Tanya
T
Foreman
Seth M
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Blatt
Sebastian
S
Notcutt
Mark
M
Ido
Tetsuya
T
Ye
Jun
J