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^{27}Al^{+} Quantum-Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below 10^{-18}.

Authors :
Brewer SM
Chen JS
Hankin AM
Clements ER
Chou CW
Wineland DJ
Hume DB
Leibrandt DR
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2019 Jul 19; Vol. 123 (3), pp. 033201.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We describe an optical atomic clock based on quantum-logic spectroscopy of the ^{1}S_{0}↔^{3}P_{0} transition in ^{27}Al^{+} with a systematic uncertainty of 9.4×10^{-19} and a frequency stability of 1.2×10^{-15}/sqrt[τ]. A ^{25}Mg^{+} ion is simultaneously trapped with the ^{27}Al^{+} ion and used for sympathetic cooling and state readout. Improvements in a new trap have led to reduced secular motion heating, compared to previous ^{27}Al^{+} clocks, enabling clock operation with ion secular motion near the three-dimensional ground state. Operating the clock with a lower trap drive frequency has reduced excess micromotion compared to previous ^{27}Al^{+} clocks. Both of these improvements have led to a reduced time-dilation shift uncertainty. Other systematic uncertainties including those due to blackbody radiation and the second-order Zeeman effect have also been reduced.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
123
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31386450
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.033201