Title :
Optical frequency standards and clocks based on single trapped ions
Author :
Margolis, H.S. ; Barwood, G.P. ; Hosaka, K. ; Klein, H.A. ; Lea, S.N. ; Stannard, A. ; Walton, B.R. ; Webster, S.A. ; Gill, P.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington
Abstract :
Forbidden transitions in single laser-cooled trapped ions provide highly stable and accurate references for optical frequency standards. This paper describes recent progress on strontium and ytterbium ion optical frequency standards under development at NPL.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; frequency standards; laser cooling; strontium; trapped ions; ytterbium; Sr; Yb; clocks; laser cooling; single trapped ions; strontium ion optical frequency standards; ytterbium ion optical frequency standards; Charge carrier processes; Clocks; Frequency measurement; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Measurement standards; Particle beam optics; Probes; Ultrafast optics; (120.3940) Metrology; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (300.6520) Trapped ion spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627843
