Title :
An Optical Lattice Clock with Fermionic and Bosonic Sr Atoms
Author :
Baillard, X. ; Fouché, M. ; Le Targat, R. ; Westergaard, P.G. ; Lecallier, A. ; Chapelet, F. ; Bize, S. ; Rosenbusch, P. ; Abgrall, M. ; Laurent, P. ; Lecoq, Y. ; Rovera, G.D. ; Clairon, A. ; Lemonde, P. ; Lipphardt, B. ; Grosche, G. ; Schnatz, H.
Author_Institution :
LNE-SYRTE, Obs. de Paris, Paris
Abstract :
We report recent experiments performed with our Sr optical lattice clock. With the fermionic isotope 87Sr, the clock accuracy approaches 10-15 using spin-polarized atoms. We also report the first accuracy evaluation of an optical lattice clock with bosonic atoms, here 88Sr.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; optical lattices; strontium; Sr; bosonic ratoms; fermionic atoms; optical lattice clock; spin-polarized atoms; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Clocks; Frequency; Isotopes; Lattices; Magnetic field measurement; Pump lasers; Strontium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391551