Laser-cooled ytterbium ion frequency standard
Atomic Physics
2019-10-11 v3
Abstract
We report on the development of a trapped-ion, microwave frequency standard based on the 12.6 GHz hyperfine transition in laser-cooled ytterbium-171 ions. The entire system fits into a 6U 19-inch rack unit ( cm) and comprises laser, electronics, and physics package subsystems. The performance of this development system is evaluated; the fractional frequency instability was measured to be for averaging times between 30 s and 1500 s.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1811.06421,
title = {Laser-cooled ytterbium ion frequency standard},
author = {S. Mulholland and H. A. Klein and G. P. Barwood and S. Donnellan and D. Gentle and G. Huang and G. Walsh and P. E. G. Baird and P. Gill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06421},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
16 Pages, 10 figures; v3 as published in Applied Physics B