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 …

Quantum state engineering and precision metrology using state-insensitive light traps

J Ye, HJ Kimble, H Katori - science, 2008 - science.org
Precision metrology and quantum measurement often demand that matter be prepared in
well-defined quantum states for both internal and external degrees of freedom. Laser-cooled …

A Fermi-degenerate three-dimensional optical lattice clock

SL Campbell, RB Hutson, GE Marti, A Goban… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Strontium optical lattice clocks have the potential to simultaneously interrogate millions of
atoms with a high spectroscopic quality factor of 4× 1017. Previously, atomic interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic evaluation of an atomic clock at 2× 10− 18 total uncertainty

TL Nicholson, SL Campbell, RB Hutson… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The pursuit of better atomic clocks has advanced many research areas, providing better
quantum state control, new insights in quantum science, tighter limits on fundamental …

An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10−18 level

BJ Bloom, TL Nicholson, JR Williams, SL Campbell… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Progress in atomic, optical and quantum science, has led to rapid improvements in atomic
clocks. At the same time, atomic clock research has helped to advance the frontiers of …

Gravitational wave detection with optical lattice atomic clocks

S Kolkowitz, I Pikovski, N Langellier, MD Lukin… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We propose a space-based gravitational wave (GW) detector consisting of two spatially
separated, drag-free satellites sharing ultrastable optical laser light over a single baseline …

Integrating planar photonics for multi-beam generation and atomic clock packaging on chip

C Ropp, W Zhu, A Yulaev, D Westly… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
The commercialization of atomic technologies requires replacing laboratory-scale laser
setups with compact and manufacturable optical platforms. Complex arrangements of free …

Observation of two-orbital spin-exchange interactions with ultracold SU(N)-symmetric fermions

F Scazza, C Hofrichter, M Höfer, PC De Groot, I Bloch… - Nature Physics, 2014 - nature.com
Spin-exchanging interactions govern the properties of strongly correlated electron systems
such as many magnetic materials. When orbital degrees of freedom are present, spin …

Ultracold Fermi gases with emergent SU (N) symmetry

MA Cazalilla, AM Rey - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent experimental and theoretical progress on ultracold alkaline-earth Fermi
gases with emergent SU (N) symmetry. Emphasis is placed on describing the ground …

Spectroscopic observation of SU(N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism

X Zhang, M Bishof, SL Bromley, CV Kraus… - science, 2014 - science.org
SU (N) symmetry can emerge in a quantum system with N single-particle spin states when
spin is decoupled from interparticle interactions. Taking advantage of the high measurement …