Title :
High-precision measurement of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of 113Cd+ Ions for an atomic clock
Author :
Zhang, J.W. ; Wang, S.G. ; Miao, K. ; Wang, Z.B. ; Hongbo Xue ; Yanying Feng ; Wang, L.
Author_Institution :
NIM-THU Joint Inst. for Meas. Sci. (JMI), Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We report a high-precision measurement of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of 113Cd+ ions. This result is vital for an atomic clock based on the cadmium ions to estimate the frequency uncertainty.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; cadmium; ground states; particle traps; radiation pressure; 113Cd+; atomic clock; cadmium ions; frequency uncertainty estimation; ground-state hyperfine splitting; high-precision measurement; Atomic clocks; Ions; Magnetic fields; Masers; Microwave measurement; Microwave oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA