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arXiv:1602.00331 · Physical Review A

Synthetic frequency protocol for Ramsey spectroscopy of clock transitions

Valeriy I. Yudin, A. V. Taǐchenachev, M. Yu. Basalaev, T. Zanon-Willette

Published Nov 7, 2016• 23 citations
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Abstract

We develop a universal method to significantly suppress probe-induced shifts in any type of atomic clock using Ramsey spectroscopy. Our approach is based on the adaptation of the synthetic frequency concept [V. I. Yudin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 030801 (2011)] (previously developed for blackbody radiation shift suppression) to Ramsey spectroscopy with the use of interrogations with different dark time intervals. The most significant suppression of the shift is obtained in combination with the so-called hyper-Ramsey spectroscopy technique [V. I. Yudin et al., Phys. Rev. A 82, 011804(R) (2010)]. In this case, the probe-induced frequency shifts can be suppressed considerably from metrologically significant levels to below a fractional level of ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}18}$ for practically any optical atomic clocks. The main advantage of our method in comparison with other hyper-Ramsey approaches [R. Hobson et al., Phys. Rev. A 93, 010501(R) (2016); T. Zanon-Willette et al., Phys. Rev. A 93, 042506 (2016)] derives from its much greater efficiency and robustness in the presence of decoherence.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.94.052505

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We present nonstandard optical Ramsey schemes that use pulses individually tailored in duration, phase, and frequency to cancel spurious frequency shifts related to the excitation itself. In particular, the field shifts and their uncertainties can be radically suppressed (by two to four orders of magnitude) in comparison with the usual Ramsey method (using two equal pulses) as well as with single-pulse Rabi spectroscopy. Atom interferometers and optical clocks based on two-photon transitions, heavily forbidden transitions, or magnetically induced spectroscopy could significantly benefit from this method. In the latter case, these frequency shifts can be suppressed considerably below a fractional level of 101010${}^{\ensuremath{-}17}$. Moreover, our approach opens the door for high-precision optical clocks based on direct frequency comb spectroscopy.
We have developed a universal method to form the reference signal for the stabilization of arbitrary atomic clocks based on Ramsey spectroscopy. Our approach uses an interrogation scheme of the atomic system with two different Ramsey periods and a specially constructed combined error signal (CES) computed by subtracting two error signals with the appropriate calibration factor. CES spectroscopy allows for perfect elimination of probe-induced light shifts and does not suffer from the effects of relaxation, time-dependent pulse fluctuations and phase-jump modulation errors and other imperfections of the interrogation procedure. The method is simpler than recently developed auto-balanced Ramsey spectroscopy techniques (Sanner et al 2018 Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 053602; Yudin et al 2018 Phys. Rev. Appl. 9 054034), because it uses a single error signal that feeds back on the clock frequency. The use of CES is a general technique that can be applied to many applications of precision spectroscopy.
We develop a method of modified hyper-Ramsey spectroscopy in optical clocks, achieving complete immunity to the frequency shifts induced by the probing fields themselves. Using particular pulse sequences with tailored phases, frequencies, and durations, we can derive an error signal centered exactly at the unperturbed atomic resonance with a steep discriminant which is robust against variations in the probe shift. We experimentally investigate the scheme using the magnetically induced ${}^{1}{S}_{0}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{}^{3}{P}_{0}$ transition in 88Sr^{88}\mathrm{Sr}88Sr, demonstrating automatic suppression of a sizable $2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}13}$ probe Stark shift to below $1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}16}$ even with very large errors in shift compensation.
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