Recent progress of time and frequency research in NIM

Yige Lin; Zhanjun Fang; Tianchu Li

doi:10.1117/12.892944

12 September 2011 Recent progress of time and frequency research in NIM

Yige Lin, Zhanjun Fang, Tianchu Li

Proceedings Volume 8132, Time and Frequency Metrology III; 81320E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892944
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The recent evaluation of the second cesium fountain NIM5 at National Institute of Metrology(NIM) shows a total relative uncertainty of 2×10^-15. The strontium optical clock project has successfully transferred atoms from broad line cooling to narrow line cooling. About 10⁷ ⁸⁸Sr atoms have been cooled down to 2uK, ready to be loaded into 1 dimensional (1D) optical lattice. The clock transition interrogation laser is locked to a horizontally oriented high finesse cavity. The linewidth of this laser is reduced to 100Hz level. A fiber based optical frequency comb is being built, which can be used to synthesize ultra-stable microwave frequency for the fountains in the future.

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Yige Lin, Zhanjun Fang, and Tianchu Li "Recent progress of time and frequency research in NIM", Proc. SPIE 8132, Time and Frequency Metrology III, 81320E (12 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892944

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