Absolute frequency measurement of the 40Ca+ S1/2 - D5/2 clock transition
Atomic Physics
2009-01-15 v1
Abstract
We report on the first absolute transition frequency measurement at the 10^{-15} level with a single, laser-cooled 40Ca+ ion in a linear Paul trap. For this measurement, a frequency comb is referenced to the transportable Cs atomic fountain clock of LNE-SYRTE and is used to measure the S1/2-D5/2 electric-quadrupole transition frequency. After the correction of systematic shifts, the clock transition frequency f_Ca+ = 411 042 129 776 393.2 (1.0) Hz is obtained, which corresponds to a fractional uncertainty within a factor of three of the Cs standard. Future improvements are expected to lead to an uncertainty surpassing the best Cs fountain clocks. In addition, we determine the Lande g-factor of the D5/2 level to be gD5/2=1.2003340(3).
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.1414,
title = {Absolute frequency measurement of the 40Ca+ S1/2 - D5/2 clock transition},
author = {M. Chwalla and J. Benhelm and K. Kim and G. Kirchmair and T. Monz and M. Riebe and P. Schindler and A. S. Villar and W. Haensel and C. F. Roos and R. Blatt and M. Abgrall and G. Santarelli and G. D. Rovera and Ph. Laurent},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1414},
year = {2009}
}