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View SchemaAbsolute Frequency Measurements of the Hg^+ and Ca Optical Clock Transitions with a Femtosecond Laser
| Authors | Th. Udem, S. A. Diddams, K. R. Vogel, C. W. Oates, E. A. Curtis, W. D. Lee, W. M. Itano, R. E. Drullinger, J. C. Bergquist, L. Hollberg |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0101029 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0101029 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4996 |
Abstract
The frequency comb created by a femtosecond mode-locked laser and a microstructured fiber is used to phase coherently measure the frequencies of both the Hg^+ and Ca optical standards with respect to the SI second as realized at NIST. We find the transition frequencies to be f_Hg=1 064 721 609 899 143(10) Hz and f_Ca=455 986 240 494 158(26) Hz, respectively. In addition to the unprecedented precision demonstrated here, this work is the precursor to all-optical atomic clocks based on the Hg^+ and Ca standards. Furthermore, when combined with previous measurements, we find no time variations of these atomic frequencies within the uncertainties of |(df_Ca/dt)/f_Ca| < 8 x 10^{-14} yr^{-1}, and |(df_Hg/dt)/f_Hg|< 30 x 10^{-14} yr^{-1}.
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"Th. Udem",
"S. A. Diddams",
"K. R. Vogel",
"C. W. Oates",
"E. A. Curtis",
"W. D. Lee",
"W. M. Itano",
"R. E. Drullinger",
"J. C. Bergquist",
"L. Hollberg"
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4996",
"title": "Absolute Frequency Measurements of the Hg^+ and Ca Optical Clock Transitions with a Femtosecond Laser",
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