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Magic wavelength of the $^{138}$Ba$^+$ $6s\;{}^2S_{1/2}-5d\;{}^2D_{5/2}$ clock transition

Atomic Physics 2020-04-29 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The zero crossing of the dynamic differential scalar polarizability of the S1/2D5/2S_{1/2}-D_{5/2} clock transition in 138^{138}Ba+^+ has been determined to be 459.1614(28)459.1614(28)\,THz. Together with previously determined matrix elements and branching ratios, this tightly constrains the dynamic differential scalar polarizability of the clock transition over a large wavelength range (700\gtrsim 700\,nm). In particular it allows an estimate of the blackbody radiation shift of the clock transition at room temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1910.09736,
  title  = {Magic wavelength of the $^{138}$Ba$^+$ $6s\;{}^2S_{1/2}-5d\;{}^2D_{5/2}$ clock transition},
  author = {S. R. Chanu and V. P. W. Koh and K. J. Arnold and R. Kaewuam and T. R. Tan and Zhiqiang Zhang and M. S. Safronova and M. D. Barrett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09736},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures. Updated based on new branching ratio measurements