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The Dick effect can be a limitation of the achievable frequency stability of a passive atomic frequency standard when the ancillary frequency source is only periodically sampled. Here we analyze the Dick effect for a pulsed vapor cell clock…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Jean-Marie Danet , Michel Lours , Stéphane Guérandel , Emeric de Clercq

The method of operation of an atomic magnetometer based on coherent population trapping (CPT) without any requirement of radio frequency scanning is demonstrated. Using a hybrid approach comprising of polarization rotation and tailored…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-03-25 S. Pradhan , S. Mishra , A. K. Das

The mid-term fractional frequency stability of miniaturized atomic clocks can be limited by light-shift effects. In this Letter, we demonstrate the implementation of a symmetric Auto-Balanced Ramsey (SABR) interrogation sequence in a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 M. Abdel Hafiz , C. Carlé , N. Passilly , J. M. Danet , C. E. Calosso , R. Boudot

We study resonance contrast by a two-step pulse observation method to enhance the frequency stability of coherent population trapping (CPT) atomic clocks. The proposed method is a two-step Raman--Ramsey scheme with low intensity during…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Yuichiro Yano , Shigeyoshi Goka , Masatoshi Kajita

Coherent population trapping (CPT) is a multi-level quantum coherence phenomenon of promising applications in atomic clocks and magnetometers. Particularly, multi-pulse CPT-Ramsey interferometry is a powerful tool for improving the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Ruihuan Fang , Chengyin Han , Bo Lu , Jiahao Huang , Chaohong Lee

We have detected and analysed narrow high-contrast coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances, which are induced in absorption of the weak probe light beam by the counterpropagating two-frequency pumping radiation. Our experimental…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-12-18 Ersoy Sahin , Gonul Ozen , Ramiz Hamid , Mehmet Celik , Azad Ch. Izmailov

The phenomenon of Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) of an atom (or solid state "artificial atom"), and the associated effect of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT), are clear demonstrations of quantum interference due to…

Reducing the size and complexity of high-performance timekeeping devices is an ever-growing need for various applications, such as 6G wireless technology, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), Internet of Things (IoT), and ultrafast…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Qiang Hao , Shaojie Yang , Peter Yun , Jun Ruan , Shougang Zhang

We propose a compact atomic clock based on ultracold Rb atoms that are magnetically trapped near the surface of an atom microchip. An interrogation scheme that combines electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) with Ramsey's method of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-03-09 Daniel M. Farkas , Alex Zozulya , Dana Z. Anderson

Atomic clocks are crucial for science and technology, but their sensitivity is often restricted by the standard quantum limit. To surpass this limit, correlations between particles or interrogation times must be leveraged. Although the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Chengyin Han , Zhu Ma , Yuxiang Qiu , Ruihuan Fang , Jiatao Wu , Chang Zhan , Maojie Li , Jiahao Huang , Bo Lu , Chaohong Lee

An automated magnetometer suitable for long lasting measurement under stable and controllable experimental conditions has been implemented. The device is based on Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) produced by a multi-frequency excitation.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 J. Belfi , G. Bevilacqua , V. Biancalana , Y. Dancheva , L. Moi

We propose a two-step pulse observation method to enhance frequency stability for coherent population trapping (CPT) atomic clocks. The proposed method is a Raman-Ramsey scheme with low light intensity at resonance observation, and provides…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-12-15 Yuichiro Yano , Shigeyoshi Goka , Masatoshi Kajita

We report on a theoretical study and experimental characterization of coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances in buffer gas-filled vapor cells with push-pull optical pumping (PPOP) on Cs D1 line. We point out that the push-pull…

We experimentally demonstrate how coherent population trapping (CPT) for donor-bound electron spins in GaAs results in autonomous feedback that prepares stabilized states for the spin polarization of nuclei around the electrons. CPT was…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 A. R. Onur , J. P. de Jong , D. O'Shea , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck , C. H. van der Wal

We study the magnetic-field-induced frequency shift (MFS) of the clock (``0--0'') transition in coherent-population-trapping (CPT) microwave atomic clock. It is shown that the use of the Pound-Drever-Hall-like (PDH) technique for frequency…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 Denis Brazhnikov , Vladislav Vishnyakov , Mikhail Skvortsov

Chip-scale microwave atomic systems based on thermal atomic beams offer a promising approach to realize low-power and low-drift clocks for timing holdover applications. Miniature beam clocks are expected to suppress many of the shifts that…

An ultra-stable optical clock based on coherent population trapping effect of alkaline-earth ions, such as Ca$^+$, Sr$^+$, Ba$^+$, is analyzed here. The proposed transitions use the odd isotopes, so that the frequency shift is insensitive…

Optics · Physics 2009-04-03 Z. H. Lu , L. J. Wang

Coherent population trapping (CPT) refers to the steady-state trapping of population in a coherent superposition of two ground states which are coupled by coherent optical fields to an intermediate state in a three-level atomic system.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiaodong Xu , Bo Sun , Paul R. Berman , Duncan G. Steel , Allan S. Bracker , Dan Gammon , L. J. Sham

A microwave atomic clock scheme based on Rb and Cs atoms trapped in optical lattice with magic wavelength for clock transition is proposed. The ac Stark shift of clock transition due to trapping laser can be canceled at some specific laser…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-11-22 Xiaoji Zhou , Xuzong Chen , Jingbiao Chen

We report our experiment on sideband cooling with two Raman transitions in a $\Lambda$ configuration that allows selective coherent population trapping (CPT) of the motional ground state. The cooling method is applied to $^{87}$Rb atoms in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Sooyoung Park , Meung Ho Seo , Ryun Ah Kim , D. Cho