• DocumentCode
    2082321
  • Title

    Novel local oscillator stabilization scheme for optical clocks

  • Author

    Letchumanan, V. ; Gill, P. ; Sinclair, A.G. ; Riis, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    282
  • Lastpage
    282
  • Abstract
    Controlled modulation of laser phase in an optical Ramsey experiment yields an antisymmetric lineshape. This discriminant is used to stabilize a local oscillator to the optical clock transition in a single 88Sr+ ion
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; laser cooling; optical modulation; phase modulation; radiation pressure; spectral line breadth; trapped ions; 88Sr+ ion; Sr; ac-Stark shift; antisymmetric lineshape; controlled modulation; laser phase modulation; laser-cooled ions; local oscillator stabilization; optical Ramsey experiment; optical clock transition; optical clocks; trapped ions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366752