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第二尺度原子种类之间的光学相干性:通过差分光谱学改进的时钟比较

Optical coherence between atomic species at the second scale: improved clock comparisons via differential spectroscopy

May E. Kim, William F. McGrew, Nicholas V. Nardelli, Ethan R. Clements, Youssef S. Hassan, Xiaogang Zhang, Jose L. Valencia, Holly Leopardi, David B. Hume, Tara… 展开作者

May E. Kim, William F. McGrew, Nicholas V. Nardelli, Ethan R. Clements, Youssef S. Hassan, Xiaogang Zhang, Jose L. Valencia, Holly Leopardi, David B. Hume, Tara M. Fortier, Andrw D. Ludlow, David R. Leibrandt

摘要:

高精度光学原子钟\cite{Ludlow2015}的比较对于基础物理学\cite{Safronova2018}、相对论大地测量学\cite{McGrew2018, Grotti2018, Delva2019}和预期的SI秒\cite{Riehle2018}的重新定义的精确测试是必不可少的。这些应用的科学范围受到物种间比较测量的统计精度的限制。单个时钟的不稳定性受到光学本机振荡器(OLO)的有限相干时间的限制,这限制了最大原子询问时间。在这封信中,我们实验证明差分光谱\cite{Hume2016},一个比较协议,使查询超出OLO相干时间。通过相位相干链接零死区时间(ZDT)的\cite{Schioppo2017} Yb光晶格时钟与铝$^+$单离子时钟通过光学频率梳和执行同步拉姆齐光谱,我们表现出改善比较不稳定性相对于我们以前的结果\cite{network2020frequency}的近一个数量级。据我们所知,这一结果代表了迄今为止最稳定的物种间时钟比较。

英文摘要:

Comparisons of high-accuracy optical atomic clocks \cite{Ludlow2015} are essential for precision tests of fundamental physics \cite{Safronova2018}, relativistic geodesy \cite{McGrew2018, Grotti2018, Delva2019}, and the anticipated redefinition of the SI second \cite{Riehle2018}. The scientific reach of these applications is restricted by the statistical precision of interspecies comparison measurements. The instability of individual clocks is limited by the finite coherence time of the optical local oscillator (OLO), which bounds the maximum atomic interrogation time. In this letter, we experimentally demonstrate differential spectroscopy \cite{Hume2016}, a comparison protocol that enables interrogating beyond the OLO coherence time. By phase-coherently linking a zero-dead-time (ZDT) \cite{Schioppo2017} Yb optical lattice clock with an Al$^+$ single-ion clock via an optical frequency comb and performing synchronised Ramsey spectroscopy, we show an improvement in comparison instability relative to our previous result \cite{network2020frequency} of nearly an order of magnitude. To our knowledge, this result represents the most stable interspecies clock comparison to date.

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