Optical atomic clocks

AD Ludlow, MM Boyd, J Ye, E Peik, PO Schmidt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Optical atomic clocks represent the state of the art in the frontier of modern measurement
science. In this article a detailed review on the development of optical atomic clocks that are …

Geodesy and metrology with a transportable optical clock

J Grotti, S Koller, S Vogt, S Häfner, U Sterr, C Lisdat… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks, due to their unprecedented stability,–and uncertainty,,–, are already
being used to test physical theories, and herald a revision of the International System of …

The CIPM list of recommended frequency standard values: guidelines and procedures

F Riehle, P Gill, F Arias, L Robertsson - Metrologia, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A list of standard reference frequency values (LoF) of quantum transitions from the
microwave to the optical regime has been recommended by the International Committee for …

Optical frequency standards for time and length applications

FL Hong - Measurement Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The last decade has witnessed tremendous progress in research on optical frequency
metrology. Optical frequency standards using optical lattice and single-ion trap technologies …

Towards the optical second: verifying optical clocks at the SI limit

WF McGrew, X Zhang, H Leopardi, RJ Fasano… - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The pursuit of ever more precise measures of time and frequency motivates redefinition of
the second in terms of an optical atomic transition. To ensure continuity with the current …

Towards a redefinition of the second based on optical atomic clocks

F Riehle - Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2015 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Since 1967, the second as the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) is
defined via an unperturbed hyperfine transition in atomic caesium [1] that is interrogated by …

A strontium lattice clock with inaccuracy and its frequency

S Falke, N Lemke, C Grebing, B Lipphardt… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We have measured the absolute frequency of the optical lattice clock based on 87 Sr at PTB
with an uncertainty of $3.9\times {{10}^{-16}} $ using two caesium fountain clocks. This is …

Realization of a timescale with an accurate optical lattice clock

C Grebing, A Al-Masoudi, S Dörscher, S Häfner… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Optical clocks are not only powerful tools for prime fundamental research, but are also
deemed for the redefinition of the SI base unit “second,” as they now surpass the …

Optical to microwave clock frequency ratios with a nearly continuous strontium optical lattice clock

J Lodewyck, S Bilicki, E Bookjans, JL Robyr, C Shi… - Metrologia, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical lattice clocks are at the forefront of frequency metrology. Both the instability and
systematic uncertainty of these clocks have been reported to be two orders of magnitude …

Long term measurement of the clock frequency at the limit of primary Cs clocks

R Schwarz, S Dörscher, A Al-Masoudi, E Benkler… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We report on a series of 42 measurements of the transition frequency of the 429 THz (5 s 2)
S 0 1–(5 s 5 p) P 0 3 line in Sr 87 taken over three years from 2017 to 2019. They were …