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View SchemaAbsolute frequency measurement of the 171Yb+ clock transition with a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser
| Authors | Joern Stenger, Christian Tamm, Nils Haverkamp, Stefan Weyers, Harald R. Telle |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0103040 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0103040 |
| DOI | 10.1364/OL.26.001589 |
Abstract
We have measured the frequency of the $6s^2S_{1/2} - 5d^2D_{3/2}$ electric-quadrupole transition of $^{171}$Yb$^+$ with a relative uncertainty of $1\times 10^{-14}$, $\nu_{Yb}$ = 688 358 979 309 312 Hz $\pm$ 6 Hz. A femtosecond frequency comb generator was used to phase-coherently link the optical frequency derived from a single trapped ion to a cesium fountain controlled hydrogen maser. This measurement is one of the most accurate measurements of optical frequencies ever reported, and it represents a contribution to the development of optical clocks based on an $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ion standard.
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"doi": "10.1364/OL.26.001589",
"title": "Absolute frequency measurement of the 171Yb+ clock transition with a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser",
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