Measurement of the 27Al+ and 87Sr absolute optical frequencies

Holly Leopardi, Kyle Beloy, Tobias Bothwell, Samuel M. Brewer, Sarah L. Bromley, Jwo Sy Chen, Scott A. Diddams, Robert J. Fasano, Youssef S. Hassan, David B. Hume, Dhruv Kedar, Colin J. Kennedy, David R. Leibrandt, Andrew D. Ludlow, William F. McGrew, William R. Milner, Daniele Nicolodi, Eric Oelker, Thomas E. Parker, John M. RobinsonStefania Romisch, Jeff A. Sherman, Lindsay Sonderhouse, Jian Yao, Jun Ye, Xiaogang Zhang, Tara M. Fortier

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Abstract

We perform absolute measurement of the 27Al+ single-ion and 87Sr neutral lattice clock frequencies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and JILA at the University of Colorado against a global ensemble of primary frequency standards. Over an eight month period multiple measurements yielded the mean optical atomic transition frequencies νAl+ = 1 121 015 393 207 859.50(0.36) Hz and νSr = 429 228 004 229 873.19(0.15) Hz, where the stated uncertainties are dominated by statistical noise and gaps in the observation interval ('dead-time' uncertainty).

Original languageEnglish
Article number015017
JournalMetrologia
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021

Keywords

  • Atomic clocks
  • Optical frequency comb
  • Optical measurement
  • Precision metrology
  • Secondary standards

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