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A New Clock Transition with the Highest Sensitivity to $\alpha$ Variation and Simultaneous Magic Trapping Conditions with Other Clock Transitions in Yb

Atomic Physics 2023-09-28 v2 Optics

Abstract

Optical lattice clocks are the prospective devices that can probe many subtle physics including temporal variation of the fine structure constant (αe\alpha_e). These studies necessitate high-precision measurements of atomic clock frequency ratios to unprecedented accuracy. In contrast to the earlier claimed highest sensitive coefficient (KK) clock transition to αe\alpha_e in Yb [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120\textbf{120}, 173001 (2018)], we found the 4f146s6p(3P2)4f135d6s2(3P2)4f^{14}6s6p\,(^3P_2) - 4f^{13}5d6s^{2}\,(^3P_2^*) transition of this atom can serve as the clock transition with the largest KK value (about -25(2)). Moreover, we demonstrate a scheme to attain simultaneous magic trapping conditions for this clock transition with the other two proposed clock transitions 4f146s2(1S0)4f146s6p(3P2)4f^{14}6s^2\,(^1S_0) - 4f^{14}6s6p\,(^3P_2) and 4f146s2(1S0)4f135d6s2(3P2)4f^{14}6s^2\,(^1S_0) - 4f^{13}5d6s^{2}\,(^3P_2^*); also exhibiting large KK values. This magic condition can be realized by subjecting Yb atoms to a bias magnetic field at a particular polarization angle along the quantization axis in an experimental set up. Upon realization, it will serve as the most potential optical lattice clock to probe αe\alpha_e variation.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09200,
  title  = {A New Clock Transition with the Highest Sensitivity to $\alpha$ Variation and Simultaneous Magic Trapping Conditions with Other Clock Transitions in Yb},
  author = {Zhi-Ming Tang and Yan-mei Yu and B. K. Sahoo and Chen-Zhong Dong and Yang Yang and Yaming Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09200},
  year   = {2023}
}