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

Strontium Optical Lattice Clock at JILA

Michael E. Boyd, Andrew D. Ludlow, Seth M. Foreman, Tanya Zelevinsky, Sebastian Blatt, T. Zanon-Willette, Gretchen K. Campbell, Marcio H. G. de Miranda, Michael J. Martin, Jun Ye

Published May 1, 2007• 9 citations
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Abstract

Results from the JILA optical lattice clock are presented. We report on our development of precision tools for the lattice clock, including a stabilized clock laser with sub-Hz linewidth, fs-comb based technology allowing accurate clock comparison in both the microwave and optical domains, and clock transfer over optical fiber in an urban environment. High resolution spectroscopy (Q > 2 times 1014) of lattice confined strontium atoms is used for both a high-performance optical clock and atomic structure measurements. The current accuracy and stability of the lattice clock are also discussed.

DOI
10.1109/freq.2007.4319280

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