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Intermittent optical frequency measurements to reduce the dead time uncertainty of frequency link

Atomic Physics 2015-10-28 v1 Optics Quantum Physics

Abstract

The absolute frequency of the 87Sr^{87}{\rm Sr} lattice clock transition was evaluated with an uncertainty of 1.1×10151.1\times 10^{-15} using a frequency link to the international atomic time (TAI). The frequency uncertainty of a hydrogen maser used as a transfer oscillator was reduced by homogeneously distributed intermittent measurement over a five-day grid of TAI. Three sets of four or five days measurements as well as systematic uncertainty of the clock at 8.6×10178.6\times 10^{-17} have resulted in an absolute frequency of 87Sr 1S03P0^{87}{\rm Sr}\ {}^1S_0 - {}^3P_0 clock transition to be 429 228 004 229 872.85 (47) Hz.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05996,
  title  = {Intermittent optical frequency measurements to reduce the dead time uncertainty of frequency link},
  author = {Hidekazu Hachisu and Tetsuya Ido},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05996},
  year   = {2015}
}