Blackbody radiation shift of the 27Al+ 1S0 - 3P0 transition
Abstract
The differential polarizability, due to near-infrared light at 1126 nm, of the 27Al+ 1S0 -> 3P0 clock transition is measured to be 4\pi\epsilon_0 x (1.6 +/- 0.5) x 10^{-31} m^3. This measurement is combined with experimental oscillator strengths to extrapolate the differential static polarizability of the clock transition as 4\pi\epsilon_0 x (1.5 +/- 0.5) x 10^{-31} m^3. The resulting room temperature blackbody fractional frequency shift of -8(3) x 10^{-18} is the lowest known shift of all atomic transitions under consideration for optical frequency standards. A method is presented to estimate the differential static polarizability of an optical transition, from a differential light shift measurement.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0611125,
title = {Blackbody radiation shift of the 27Al+ 1S0 - 3P0 transition},
author = {T. Rosenband and W. M. Itano and P. O. Schmidt and D. B. Hume and J. C. J. Koelemeij and J. C. Bergquist and D. J. Wineland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611125},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, contributed to Proc. EFTF 2006, references and affiliations updated