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View SchemaA clock transition for a future optical frequency standard with trapped atoms
| Authors | I. Courtillot, A. Quessada, R. P. Kovacich, A. Brusch, D. Kolker, J-J. Zondy, G. D. Rovera, P. Lemonde |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0303023 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0303023 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.030501 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 68, 030501(R) (2003) |
Abstract
We report the first direct excitation of the strongly forbidden 5s2 1S0-5s5p 3P0 transition in 87Sr. Its frequency is 429 228 004 235 (20) kHz. A resonant laser creates a small leak in a magneto-optical trap (MOT): atoms build up to the metastable 3P0 state and escape the trapping process, leading to a detectable decrease in the MOT fluorescence. This line has a natural width of 10^{-3} Hz and can be used for a new generation of optical frequency standards using atoms trapped in a light shift free dipole trap.
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