Optical frequency standards and clocks based on single trapped ions
Helen S. Margolis, G. P. Barwood, Kazumoto Hosaka +6 more
Forbidden transitions in single laser-cooled trapped ions provide highly stable and accurate references for optical frequency standards. This paper describes recent progress on strontium and ytterbium ion optical frequency standards under development at NPL.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics•Jan 1, 2006•0 citations