Two independent strontium optical lattice clocks for practical realization of the meter and secondary representation of the second

Author

Zawada, M. ; Bober, M. ; Morzynski, P. ; Cygan, A. ; Lisak, D. ; Maslowski, P. ; Prymaczek, M. ; Wcislo, P. ; Ablewski, P. ; Piwinski, M. ; Wojtewicz, S. ; Bielska, K. ; Bartoszek-Bober, D. ; Ciurylo, R. ; Zachorowski, J. ; Piotrowski, M. ; Gawlik, W. ; O

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Nicolaus Copernicus Univ., Toruň, Poland

fYear

2015

fDate

12-16 April 2015

Firstpage

304

Lastpage

306

Abstract

We report a system of two independent strontium optical lattice standards probed with a single shared ultra-narrow laser. This allows verification of relative stability of both optical standards. The absolute frequency of the clocks can be roughly verified by the use of an optical frequency comb with the GPS-disciplined Rb frequency standard or, more accurately, by a long distance stabilized fiber optic link with the UTC(AOS) and UTC(PL) via the OPTIME network.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; atomic clocks; fibre optic sensors; frequency standards; optical frequency combs; optical lattices; optical links; strontium; GPS-disciplined Rb frequency standard; OPTIME network; Sr; UTC(AOS); UTC(PL); long distance stabilized fiber optic link; optical stability; single shared ultranarrow laser; strontium optical lattice clock standard probe; Atom optics; Atomic clocks; Frequency measurement; Lattices; Optical fiber communication; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium & the European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8865-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FCS.2015.7138847

Filename

7138847