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Using optical Ramsey interferometry, we precisely measure the laser-induced AC-stark shift on the $S_{1/2}$ -- $D_{5/2}$ "quantum bit" transition near 729 nm in a single trapped $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ion. We cancel this shift using an additional…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 H. Haeffner , S. Gulde , M. Riebe , G. Lancaster , C. Becher , J. Eschner , F. Schmidt-Kaler , R. Blatt

In a wide range of quantum technology applications, ranging from atomic clocks to the creation of ultracold or quantum degenerate samples for atom interferometry, optimal laser sources are critical. In particular, two phase-locked laser…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Nicola Agnew , David Lowit , Aidan S. Arnold

An inner-shell orbital clock transition $^1S_0 \leftrightarrow 4f^{13}5d6s^2 \: (J=2)$ in neutral ytterbium atoms has attracted much attention as a new optical frequency standard as well as a highly sensitive probe for several new physics…

We demonstrate a new technique for measuring the absolute frequencies of atomic transitions. The technique uses a ring-cavity resonator whose length is calibrated using a reference laser locked to the D_2 line in {87}Rb. The frequency of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ayan Banerjee , Dipankar Das , Vasant Natarajan

Achieving superradiant lasing with an ultranarrow linewidth is crucial for enhancing atomic clock stability in quantum precision measurement. By employing the exceptional point (EP) property of the system, we demonstrate theoretically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Min Du , Qian Bin , Qing-Yang Qiu , Franco Nori , Xin-You Lü

The most complicated and challenging system within a light-pulse atom interferometer (LPAI) is the laser system, which controls the frequencies and intensities of multiple laser beams over time to configure quantum gravity and inertial…

Stabilization of laser frequencies is critical for sensitive Rydberg measurements, including in applications such as dissipative time crystal (DTC) dynamics, yet conventional approaches often require complex or costly hardware. We…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Darmindra Arumugam , Brook Feyissa

Accurate measurements of different transition frequencies between atomic levels of the electronic and hyperfine structure over time are used to investigate temporal variations of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ and the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 N. Huntemann , B. Lipphardt , Chr. Tamm , V. Gerginov , S. Weyers , E. Peik

We report laser-induced-fluorescence spectroscopy of the \({}^{1}S_{0}\rightarrow{}^{3}P_{1}\) intercombination transition in neutral zinc at \(307.6~\mathrm{nm}\). Isotope shifts are measured for all stable isotopes with kHz-level…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Felix Waldherr , Lukas Möller , Simon Stellmer

We report on a comb-locked cavity ring-down spectrometer developed for high-precision molecular spectroscopy at 2 ${\mu}$m. It is based on the use of an external-cavity diode laser that is offset-frequency locked to the signal output of a…

The erbium atomic system is a promising candidate for an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate of atoms with a non-vanishing orbital angular momentum ($L \neq 0$) of the electronic ground state. In this paper we report on the frequency…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-09-05 Henning Brammer , Jens Ulitzsch , Riad Bourouis , Martin Weitz

We explore the potential of the electric quadrupole transitions $7s\,^2S_{1/2}$ - $6d\,^2D_{3/2}$, $6d\,^2D_{5/2}$ in radium isotopes as single-ion optical frequency standards. The frequency shifts of the clock transitions due to external…

We report the observation of the hyperfine spectrum of the weak P(63)4-4 line of the B-X electronic transition of molecular iodine 127I2 near 652.4 nm, using frequency-modulated saturated absorption spectroscopy. Through the precise…

Optical frequency combs have revolutionized high-precision spectroscopy, yet an intrinsic trade-off between spectroscopic signal-to-noise ratio (sSNR) and measurement bandwidth ($B$) fundamentally constrains sensitive, broadband…

Based on the multi-level model, we have calculated light shifts for Zeeman states of hyperfine levels of cesium (Cs) 6S1/2 ground state and 6P3/2 excited state.The magic-wavelength linearly-polarized optical dipole trap (ODT) for Cs 6S1/2…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Bei Liu , Gang Jin , Rui Sun , Jun He , Junmin Wang

Ultra-narrow-linewidth lasers with suppressed high-frequency phase noise are critical for quantum control and precision metrology. While optical phase locking (OPL) is the standard technique for cloning the coherence of such sources, its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Chen Jia , Zhen-Xing Hua , Yu-Xin Chao , Meng Khoon Tey

The motion of an ion in a radiofrequency (rf) Paul trap is described by the Mathieu equation and the associated stability parameters that are proportional to the rf and dc electric field gradients. Here, a higher-order, iterative method to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-09-30 T. Lindvall , K. J. Hanhijärvi , T. Fordell , A. E. Wallin

We demonstrate a trade-off between linewidth and loss-of-lock frequency in a mode-locked laser employing active feedback to control the carrier-envelope offset phase difference. In frequency metrology applications, the linewidth translates…

Optics · Physics 2016-06-28 Richard O. Moore

Over a period of eight months, we have monitored transition frequencies between nearly degenerate, opposite-parity levels in two isotopes of atomic dysprosium (Dy). These transition frequencies are highly sensitive to temporal variation of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Cingoz , A. Lapierre , A. -T. Nguyen , N. Leefer , D. Budker , S. K. Lamoreaux , J. R. Torgerson

We demonstrate a novel mode locked ultrafast laser, based on an integrated high-Q micr-oring resonator. Our scheme exhibits stable operation of two slightly shifted spectral optical comb replicas. It generates a highly monochromatic…