Prospects and challenges for squeezing-enhanced optical atomic clocks

M Schulte, C Lisdat, PO Schmidt, U Sterr… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks are a driving force for precision measurements due to the high
accuracy and stability demonstrated in recent years. While further improvements to the …

Fundamental physics with a state-of-the-art optical clock in space

A Derevianko, K Gibble, L Hollberg… - Quantum Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent advances in optical atomic clocks and optical time transfer have enabled new
possibilities in precision metrology for both tests of fundamental physics and timing …

GHZ protocols enhance frequency metrology despite spontaneous decay

T Kielinski, PO Schmidt, K Hammerer - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The use of correlated states and measurements promises improvements in the accuracy of
frequency metrology and the stability of atomic clocks. However, developing strategies …

Phase-stabilized UV light at 267 nm through twofold second harmonic generation

B Kraus, F Dawel, S Hannig, J Kramer, C Nauk… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Providing phase stable laser light is important to extend the interrogation time of optical
clocks towards many seconds and thus achieve small statistical uncertainties. We report a …

Integrated multiple wavelength stabilization on a multi-channel cavity for a transportable optical clock

S Wang, J Cao, J Yuan, D Liu, H Shu, X Huang - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present a simple, compact, and efficient scheme for integrated multiple wavelength
stabilization and continuous operation of a transportable^ 40Ca^+ optical clock using a multi …

Understanding and controlling the collisions of ultracold polar molecules

R Bause - 2022 - edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Ultracold polar molecules offer a multitude of fascinating possibilities for physical research.
Proposals for their use reach from quantum chemistry, where they enable detailed studies of …

An ultrastable laser system at 689 nm for cooling and trapping of strontium

C Qiao, CZ Tan, FC Hu, L Couturier, I Nosske, P Chen… - Applied Physics B, 2019 - Springer
We present a 689-nm cavity-based laser system for cooling and trapping strontium atoms.
The laser is stabilized to a high-finesse cavity by the Pound–Drever–Hall technique …

Photoionization cross sections of ultracold 88Sr in 1P1 and 3S1 states at 390 nm and the resulting blue-detuned magic wavelength optical lattice clock constraints

M Witkowski, S Bilicki, M Bober, D Kovačić, V Singh… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We present the measurements of the photoionization cross sections of the excited^ 1P_1
and^ 3S_1 states of ultracold^ 88Sr atoms at 389.889 nm wavelength, which is the magic …

Precise Laser Frequency Measurement of Weak Power with Sub-megahertz Linewidth

C Peng, H Qiao, S Zhang, L Luo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an optical phase-locked loop (OPLL)-enabled frequency measurement for a
stabilized laser with weak power and submegahertz linewidth. For frequency converting …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-stable optical clock cavities as resonant mass gravitational wave detectors in search for new physics

M Narożnik, M Bober, M Zawada - Physics Letters B, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose using table-top-size ultra-stable optical cavities from state-of-the-art optical
atomic clocks as bar gravitational wave detectors for frequencies higher than 2 kHz. We …