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单离子可移动光学原子钟

Single-ion, transportable optical atomic clocks

Marion Delehaye, Clément Lacroûte

摘要:

在过去的15年里,在激光稳定、光学频率梳和原子冷却与囚禁等领域取得了巨大的进展,使得光学原子钟具有无与伦比的性能。这些仪器可以进行频率比较,分数不确定度远低于$10^{-17}$,发现在基础物理测试,相对论大地测量,时间和频率计量的应用。尽管目前大多数光学钟都是实验室设置,但已经发表了几种将这些钟用于现场测量或在光学钟网络中使用的建议,并且大多数时间和频率计量机构已经开始开发可移动的光学钟。为了这个特殊的问题,我们选择集中在捕获离子光学时钟。尽管它们的短期分数频率稳定性因较低的信噪比而受损,但它们提供了很高的紧凑性潜力:捕获的离子需要低的光功率和简单的加载方案,并且可以被捕获在小的真空室中。我们回顾了时钟关键部件的最新进展,包括离子阱和超稳定光学腔,以及现有的项目和实验,描绘了未来可移动的单离子光学时钟可能类似的画面。

英文摘要:

For the past 15 years, tremendous progress within the fields of laser stabilization, optical frequency combs and atom cooling and trapping have allowed the realization of optical atomic clocks with unrivaled performances. These instruments can perform frequency comparisons with fractional uncertainties well below $10^{-17}$, finding applications in fundamental physics tests, relativistic geodesy, and time and frequency metrology. Even though most optical clocks are currently laboratory setups, several proposals for using these clocks for field measurements or within an optical clock network have been published, and most of time and frequency metrology institutes have started to develop transportable optical clocks. For the purpose of this special issue, we chose to focus on trapped-ion optical clocks. Even though their short-term fractional frequency stability is impaired by a lower signal-to-noise ratio, they offer a high potential for compactness: trapped ions demand low optical powers and simple loading schemes, and can be trapped in small vacuum chambers. We review recent advances on the clock key components, including ion trap and ultra-stable optical cavity, as well as existing projects and experiments which draw the picture of what future transportable, single-ion optical clocks may resemble.

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