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磁场诱导禁戒光跃迁光谱及其在晶格光学原子钟中的应用

Magnetic field-induced spectroscopy of forbidden optical transitions with application to lattice-based optical atomic clocks

A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, C. W. Oates, C. W. Hoyt, Z. W. Barber, L. Hollberg

摘要:

我们开发了一种光谱学方法,使用弱静态磁场,使禁止的电偶极跃迁,否则令人望而却步的弱直接光激发。该方案的权力证明了使用的重要应用的光学原子钟的基础上限制在一个光晶格的中性原子。这种方法的简单实验实现--与DC磁场结合的单个时钟激光器--放松了当前基于晶格的时钟中的严格要求(例如,磁场屏蔽和光偏振),因此可以加速实现这些时钟所预测的非凡性能水平。我们估计,对于计量学上优选的偶同位素,使用Yb等碱土类原子的时钟可以实现远低于10^-17的分数频率不确定度。

英文摘要:

We develop a method of spectroscopy that uses a weak static magnetic field to enable direct optical excitation of forbidden electric-dipole transitions that are otherwise prohibitively weak. The power of this scheme is demonstrated using the important application of optical atomic clocks based on neutral atoms confined to an optical lattice. The simple experimental implementation of this method -- a single clock laser combined with a DC magnetic field-- relaxes stringent requirements in current lattice-based clocks (e.g., magnetic field shielding and light polarization), and could therefore expedite the realization of the extraordinary performance level predicted for these clocks. We estimate that a clock using alkaline earth-like atoms such as Yb could achieve a fractional frequency uncertainty of well below 10^-17 for the metrologically preferred even isotopes.

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