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Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum and IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF/IFCS)

Towards a high-performance microwave frequency standard based on 113Cd+ ions

Jianwei Zhang, K. Miao, Lijun Wang, Xiaolin Sun, Lijun Wang

Published Apr 1, 2015• 3 citations
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Abstract

Microwave frequency standards based on ions are promising as the next generation atomic clocks. This paper reports the recent progresses of the microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled113Cd+ions developed at Tsinghua University. Based on the current experimental setup, the ground-state hyperfine splitting of113Cd+is measured with higher precision and a better short-term frequency stability is obtained than before. To improve the performance of the Cd+clock further, a new experimental setup with dual-traps is designed, and bi-ions operation is proposed.

DOI
10.1109/fcs.2015.7138952

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