Improving lattice-light-shift uncertainty of an 171Yb optical clock with optimized cooling and trapping lasers

IF 3.5 2区物理与天体物理 Q2 PHYSICS, APPLIED

Applied Physics Letters Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI:10.1063/5.0222370

Chengquan Peng, Tao Zhang, Changyue Sun, Qichao Qi, Taoyun Jin, Shuai Lei, Chengcheng Zhao, Suzhen Feng, Yan Xia, Xinye Xu

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Abstract

Atoms confined in the optical lattice can be interrogated with Doppler- and recoil-free operation. However, if not properly controlled, the optical lattice may limit clock accuracy. To improve the lattice-light-shift uncertainty, the cooling and trapping lasers' frequency stability is optimized, and the atom's signal stability is enhanced. A ring-cavity Ti:sapphire laser is locked to the optical frequency comb, which is referenced to a 578 nm ultra-stable laser, and the beat note's stability is on the order of 10−16. Using a 10 cm Fabry–Pérot cavity referenced to the Ti:sapphire laser, the optical frequency stability is transferred to the 399 nm cooling laser, creating favorable conditions for evaluating the lattice-light-shift accurately. We reevaluate lattice-light-shift in our 171Yb optical lattice clock with an uncertainty of 8.1 × 10−18, which is an order lower than our previous result, and the magic frequency is determined to be 394 798 266.6(1.3) MHz.

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利用优化的冷却和捕获激光器提高 171Yb 光学时钟的晶格光移不确定性

可以通过多普勒和无反冲操作对封闭在光学晶格中的原子进行探测。但是，如果控制不当，光晶格可能会限制时钟的准确性。为了提高晶格光移的不确定性，需要优化冷却和捕获激光器的频率稳定性，并增强原子信号的稳定性。环腔钛蓝宝石激光器被锁定到光频梳上，光频梳以 578 nm 超稳定激光器为基准，节拍音符的稳定性在 10-16 量级。利用以钛蓝宝石激光器为基准的 10 厘米法布里-佩罗腔，将光频稳定性转移到 399 纳米冷却激光器上，为准确评估晶格光移创造了有利条件。我们重新评估了 171Yb 光晶格时钟中的晶格光漂移，不确定度为 8.1 × 10-18，比之前的结果低了一个数量级，魔幻频率被确定为 394 798 266.6(1.3) MHz。

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Applied Physics Letters 物理-物理：应用

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

10.00%

发文量

1821

审稿时长

1.6 months

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