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Systematic study of the 87Sr clock transition in an optical lattice

Andrew D. Ludlow, Martin M. Boyd, T. Zelevinsky, Seth M. Foreman, Sebastian Blatt, Mark Notcutt, Tetsuya Ido, Jun Ye

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0508041

Abstract

With ultracold 87Sr confined in a magic wavelength optical lattice, we present the most precise study (2.8 Hz statistical uncertainty) to-date of the 1S0 - 3P0 optical clock transition with a detailed analysis of systematic shifts (20 Hz uncertainty) in the absolute frequency measurement of 429 228 004 229 867 Hz. The high resolution permits an investigation of the optical lattice motional sideband structure. The local oscillator for this optical atomic clock is a stable diode laser with its Hz-level linewidth characterized across the optical spectrum using a femtosecond frequency comb.

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