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 …

Colloquium: Physics of optical lattice clocks

A Derevianko, H Katori - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Recently invented and demonstrated optical lattice clocks hold great promise for improving
the precision of modern time keeping. These clocks aim at the 10-18 fractional accuracy …

Frequency ratio measurements at 18-digit accuracy using an optical clock network

Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Atomic clocks are vital in a wide array of technologies and experiments, including tests of
fundamental physics. Clocks operating at optical frequencies have now demonstrated …

Atomic clock performance enabling geodesy below the centimetre level

WF McGrew, X Zhang, RJ Fasano, SA Schäffer… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The passage of time is tracked by counting oscillations of a frequency reference, such as
Earth's revolutions or swings of a pendulum. By referencing atomic transitions, frequency …

Universal Gate Operations on Nuclear Spin Qubits in an Optical Tweezer Array of Atoms

S Ma, AP Burgers, G Liu, J Wilson, B Zhang… - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Neutral atom arrays are a rapidly developing platform for quantum science. Recently,
alkaline earth atoms (AEAs) have attracted interest because their unique level structure …

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 …

Search for ultralight dark matter from long-term frequency comparisons of optical and microwave atomic clocks

T Kobayashi, A Takamizawa, D Akamatsu… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We search for ultralight scalar dark matter candidates that induce oscillations of the fine
structure constant, the electron and quark masses, and the quantum chromodynamics …

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 …

An Atomic Clock with 10–18 Instability

N Hinkley, JA Sherman, NB Phillips, M Schioppo… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Atomic clocks have been instrumental in science and technology, leading to innovations
such as global positioning, advanced communications, and tests of fundamental constant …

Repetitive Readout and Real-Time Control of Nuclear Spin Qubits in Atoms

W Huie, L Li, N Chen, X Hu, Z Jia, WKC Sun, JP Covey - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate high-fidelity repetitive measurements of nuclear spin qubits in an array of
neutral ytterbium-171 (171 Yb) atoms. We show that the qubit state can be measured with a …