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A caesium fountain clock is operated utilizing a microwave oscillator that derives its frequency stability from a stable laser by means of a fiber-laser femtosecond frequency comb. This oscillator is based on the technology developed for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-10-22 S. Weyers , B. Lipphardt , H. Schnatz

Laser frequency stabilization is a critical part of the interferometry measurement system of space-based gravitational wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Arm locking as a proposed frequency…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-18 Yinan Yu , Shawn Mitryk , Guido Mueller

State-of-the-art laser frequency stabilization is limited by miniscule length changes caused by thermal noise. In this work, a cavity-length-insensitive frequency stabilization scheme is implemented using strong dispersion in a…

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 present a method of laser frequency stabilization based on the linear dichroism signal in a transverse magnetic field. The method is similar to the DAVLL (Dichroic Atomic Vapor Laser Lock) method. It differs from DAVLL and from its…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 M. V. Petrenko , A. S. Pazgalev , A. K. Vershovskii

We present a compact all-digital implementation of a scanning transfer cavity lock (STCL) for long-term laser frequency stabilization. An interrupt-driven state machine is employed to realize the STCL, with the capability to correct for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-24 S. Subhankar , A. Restelli , Y. Wang , S. L. Rolston , J. V. Porto

Ultraviolet (UV) diode lasers are widely used in many photonics applications. But their frequency stabilization schemes are not as mature as frequency-doubling lasers, mainly due to some limitations in the UV spectral region. Here we…

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 present the first experimental confirmation of the so-called "self-phaselocked delay interferometry". This laser frequency stabilization technique consists basically in comparing the prompt laser signal with a delayed version of itself…

We propose and analyze a Cesium lattice optical clock (CLOC) which has the potential for high performance and simple operation in a compact form factor using a forbidden optical transition in Cs atoms at 685 nm. Cs atoms are trapped in a 3D…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-17 A. Sharma , S. Kolkowitz , M. Saffman

We investigate a recently proposed scheme for differential detection of the magneto-optical rotation effect and its application to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) atomic clocks. This scheme utilizes a linearly polarized…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-07-29 Melissa A. Guidry , Elena Kuchina , Irina Novikova , Eugeniy E. Mikhailov

We present the characterization of a laser frequency stabilization scheme using a state-of-the-art wavelength meter based on solid Fizeau interferometers. For a frequency-doubled Ti-sapphire laser operated at 461 nm, an absolute Allan…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-05-09 Luc Couturier , Ingo Nosske , Fachao Hu , Canzhu Tan , Chang Qiao , Y. H. Jiang , Peng Chen , Matthias Weidemüller

We propose and demonstrate a laser frequency stabilization scheme which generates a dispersion-like tunable Doppler-free dichroic lock (TDFDL) signal. This signal offers a wide tuning range for lock point (i.e. zero-crossing) without…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Vivek Singh , V. B. Tiwari , S. R. Mishra , H. S. Rawat

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

Currently, the most accurate and stable clocks use optical interrogation of either a single ion or an ensemble of neutral atoms confined in an optical lattice. Here, we demonstrate a new optical clock system based on an array of…

This article theoretically proposes a new dual interferometer technique to accurately calibrate two laser frequencies simultaneously using four-wave mixing in an alkali metal vapor cell. The two frequency-calibrated lasers are mixed to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Sreeshna Subhash , Greeshma Gopinath , Sankar Davuluri

An experimental method is developed for the robust frequency stabilization using a high-finesse cavity when the laser exhibits large intermittent frequency jumps. This is accomplished by applying an additional slow feedback signal from…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-06 Won-Kyu Lee , Chang Yong Park , Myoung-Sun Heo , Dai-Hyuk Yu , Huidong Kim

The pursuit of better atomic clocks has advanced many research areas, providing better quantum state control, new insights in quantum science, tighter limits on fundamental constant variation, and improved tests of relativity. The record…

We demonstrate phase and frequency stabilization of a diode laser at the thermal noise limit of a passive optical cavity. The system is compact and exploits a cavity design that reduces vibration sensitivity. The sub-Hz laser is…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. D. Ludlow , X. Huang* , M. Notcutt , T. Zanon , S. M. Foreman , M. M. Boyd , S. Blatt , J. Ye

A Wannier-Stark optical lattice clock has demonstrated unprecedented measurement precision for optical atomic clocks. We present a systematic evaluation of the lattice light shift, a necessary next step for establishing this system as an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Kyungtae Kim , Alexander Aeppli , Tobias Bothwell , Jun Ye