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We report the observation of the higher order frequency shift due to the trapping field in a $^{87}$Sr optical lattice clock. We show that at the magic wavelength of the lattice, where the first order term cancels, the higher order shift…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Anders Brusch , Rodolphe Le Targat , Xavier Baillard , Mathilde Fouché , Pierre Lemonde

Optical clocks have extremely attractive applications in many fields, including time-frequency metrology, validation of fundamental physical principles, and relativistic geodesy. The 467 nm octupole transition in 171Yb+ ion exhibits…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Xuanjian Wang , Jian Cao , Hualin Shu , Yi Yuan , Zehao Li , Pengcheng Fang , Qunfeng Chen , Xueren Huang

We propose a new frequency standard based on a $4f^{14} 6s6p~ ^3\!P_0 - 4f^{13} 6s^2 5d ~(J=2)$ transition in neutral Yb. This transition has a potential for high stability and accuracy and the advantage of the highest sensitivity among…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 M. S. Safronova , S. G. Porsev , Christian Sanner , Jun Ye

Recently invented and demonstrated, optical lattice clocks hold great promise for improving the precision of modern timekeeping. These clocks aim at the 10^-18 fractional accuracy, which translates into a clock that would neither lose or…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Andrei Derevianko , Hidetoshi Katori

Optical lattice clocks are at the forefront of frequency metrology. Both the instability and systematic uncertainty of these clocks have been reported to be two orders of magnitude smaller than the best microwave clocks. For this reason, a…

We observe effects of collective atomic motion in a one-dimensional optical lattice coupled to an optomechanical system. In this hybrid atom-optomechanical system, the lattice light generates a coupling between the lattice atoms as well as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-27 Aline Vochezer , Tobias Kampschulte , Klemens Hammerer , Philipp Treutlein

Improvements in atom-light coherence are foundational to progress in quantum information science, quantum optics, and precision metrology. Optical atomic clocks require local oscillators with exceptional optical coherence due to the…

Time and frequency are the most accurately measurable quantities, providing foundations for science and modern technologies. The accuracy relies on the SI (Syst\'eme International) second that refers to Cs microwave clocks with fractional…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-05-19 Ichiro Ushijima , Masao Takamoto , Manoj Das , Takuya Ohkubo , Hidetoshi Katori

We report on the observation of a dc Stark frequency shift at the $10^{-13}$ level by comparing two strontium optical lattice clocks. This frequency shift arises from the presence of electric charges trapped on dielectric surfaces placed…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-07-17 Jérôme Lodewyck , Michal Zawada , Luca Lorini , Mikhail Gurov , Pierre Lemonde

We present a transportable optical clock (TOC) with $^{87}$Sr. Its complete characterization against a stationary lattice clock resulted in a systematic uncertainty of ${7.4 \times 10^{-17}}$ which is currently limited by the statistics of…

We report a frequency measurement of the 1S0-3P0 transition of 87Sr atoms in an optical lattice clock. The frequency is determined to be 429 228 004 229 879 (5) Hz with a fractional uncertainty that is comparable to state-of-the-art optical…

Recent developments in frequency metrology and optical clocks have been based on electronic transitions in atoms and singly charged ions as references. These systems have enabled relative frequency uncertainties at a level of a few parts in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-12-06 M. G. Kozlov , M. S. Safronova , J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia , P. O. Schmidt

We describe a transportable optical lattice clock based on the $^1\mathrm{S}_0 \rightarrow {^3\mathrm{P}_0}$ transition of lattice-trapped $^{87}$Sr atoms with a total systematic uncertainty of $2.1 \times 10^{-18}$. The blackbody radiation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-21 I. Nosske , C. Vishwakarma , T. Lücke , J. Rahm , N. Poudel , S. Weyers , E. Benkler , S. Dörscher , C. Lisdat

Controlling the Stark perturbation from ambient thermal radiation is key to advancing the performance of many atomic frequency standards, including state-of-the-art optical lattice clocks (OLCs). We demonstrate a cryogenic OLC that utilizes…

We address the problem of the lattice Stark shifts in the Sr clock caused by the multipolar $M1$ and $E2$ atom-field interactions and by the term nonlinear in lattice intensity and determined by the hyperpolarizability. We have developed an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 S. G. Porsev , M. S. Safronova , U. I. Safronova. , M. G. Kozlov

We have determined the frequency shift that blackbody radiation is inducing on the $5s^2$ $^1$S$_0$ -- $5s5p$ $^3$P$_0$ clock transition in strontium. Previously its uncertainty limited the uncertainty of strontium lattice clocks to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 Thomas Middelmann , Stephan Falke , Christian Lisdat , Uwe Sterr

We investigate scattering of lattice laser radiation in a strontium optical lattice clock and its implications for operating clocks at interrogation times up to several tens of seconds. Rayleigh scattering does not cause significant…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-07-20 Sören Dörscher , Roman Schwarz , Ali Al-Masoudi , Stephan Falke , Uwe Sterr , Christian Lisdat

We present a system of two independent strontium optical lattice standards probed with a single shared ultra-narrow laser. The absolute frequency of the clocks can be verified by the use of Er:fiber optical frequency comb with the…

To operate an optical lattice clock at a fractional uncertainty below $10^{-17}$, one must typically consider not only electric-dipole (E1) interaction between an atom and the lattice light field when characterizing the resulting lattice…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Sören Dörscher , Joshua Klose , Sarath Maratha Palli , Christian Lisdat

We demonstrate state-of-the-art technique of an active clock to provide a continuous superradiant lasing signal using an ensemble of trapped Cs atoms in the optical lattice. A magic wavelength of the proposed |7S1/2; F = 4, MF = 0> -…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Duo Pan , Bindiya Arora , Yan-mei Yu , B. K. Sahoo , Jingbiao Chen