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Measurement of Magic Wavelengths for the ^{40}Ca^{+} Clock Transition.

Authors :
Liu PL
Huang Y
Bian W
Shao H
Guan H
Tang YB
Li CB
Mitroy J
Gao KL
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2015 Jun 05; Vol. 114 (22), pp. 223001. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 02.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally the existence of magic wavelengths and determine the ratio of oscillator strengths for a single trapped ion. For the first time, two magic wavelengths near 396 nm for the ^{40}Ca^{+} clock transition are measured simultaneously with high precision. By tuning the applied laser to an intermediate wavelength between transitions 4s_{1/2}→4p_{1/2} and 4s_{1/2}→4p_{3/2}, the sensitivity of the clock transition Stark shift to the oscillator strengths is greatly enhanced. Furthermore, with the measured magic wavelengths, we determine the ratio of the oscillator strengths with a deviation of less than 0.5%. Our experimental method may be applied to measure magic wavelengths for other ion clock transitions. Promisingly, the measurement of these magic wavelengths paves the way to building all-optical trapped ion clocks.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
114
Issue :
22
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26196619
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.223001