• DocumentCode
    2342638
  • Title

    Progress on indium and barium single ion optical frequency standards

  • Author

    Sherman, Jeff A. ; Trimble, William ; Metz, Steven ; Nagourney, Warren ; Fortson, Norval

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    We report progress on 115In+ and 137Ba+ single ion optical frequency standards using all solid-state sources. Both are free from quadrupole field shifts and together enable a search for drift in fundamental constants.
  • Keywords
    barium; frequency standards; indium; laser cooling; solid lasers; Ba; In; quadrupole field shifts; single ion optical frequency standards; solid-state sources; Atomic beams; Barium; Clocks; Frequency; Indium; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Particle beam optics; Ring lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8981-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528012
  • Filename
    1528012