Title :
Ultrastable optical clock with neutral atoms in an engineered light shift trap
Author :
Katori, Hidetoshi ; Takamoto, Masao
Author_Institution :
Eng. Res. Inst., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We report on the Doppler-free spectroscopy of the 5s/sup 2/ /sup 1/S/sub 0/ (F=9/2) 5s5p /sup 3/P/sub 0/ (F-9/2) clock transition of /sup 87/Sr atoms trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice and discuss its prospects as a future optical standard.
Keywords :
atom-photon collisions; atomic clocks; measurement standards; quantum optics; radiation pressure; spectral line broadening; strontium; /sup 87/Sr atoms; Doppler-free spectroscopy; Sr; clock transition; engineered light shift trap; line broadening; neutral atoms; one-dimensional optical lattice; optical standard; ultrastable optical clock;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
