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Hyperpolarizability effects in a Sr optical lattice clock

Anders Brusch, Rodolphe Le Targat, Xavier Baillard, Mathilde Fouché, Pierre Lemonde

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0512201

Abstract

We report the observation of the higher order frequency shift due to the trapping field in a 87Sr optical lattice clock. We show that at the magic wavelength of the lattice, where the first order term cancels, the higher order shift will not constitute a limitation to the fractional accuracy of the clock at a level of 10-18. This result is achieved by operating the clock at very high trapping intensity up to 400 kW/cm2 and by a specific study of the effect of the two two-photon transitions near the magic wavelength.

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