Accurate measurement of the 12.6 GHz "clock" transition in trapped (171)Yb(+) ions.

0 ground state hyperfine "clock" transition in buffer gas-cooled ion clouds confined in two similar, but not identical, linear Paul traps. After correction for the known differences between the two ion traps, including significantly different second-order Doppler shifts, the frequencies agree within an uncertainty of less than 2 parts in 10(13). Our best value, based on an analytic model for the second-order Doppler shift, for the frequency of the clock transition of an isolated ion at zero temperature, velocity, electric field and magnetic field, is 12642812118.466+0.002 Hz. -->
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 19970101 Date Completed: 20121002 Latest Revision: 20080204
Update Code: 20221213
DOI: 10.1109/58.585119
PMID: 18244132
Autor: Fisk PH; Nat. Meas. Lab., CSIRO, Lindfield, NSW., Sellars MJ, Lawn MA, Coles G
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control [IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control] 1997; Vol. 44 (2), pp. 344-54.
DOI: 10.1109/58.585119
Abstrakt: We have measured the frequency of the (171)Yb(+) 12.6 GHz M(F)=0-->0 ground state hyperfine "clock" transition in buffer gas-cooled ion clouds confined in two similar, but not identical, linear Paul traps. After correction for the known differences between the two ion traps, including significantly different second-order Doppler shifts, the frequencies agree within an uncertainty of less than 2 parts in 10(13). Our best value, based on an analytic model for the second-order Doppler shift, for the frequency of the clock transition of an isolated ion at zero temperature, velocity, electric field and magnetic field, is 12642812118.466+0.002 Hz.
Databáze: MEDLINE