Accurate measurement of the 12.6 GHz clock transition in trapped 171Yb+ ions

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 344-354

  Fisk, Peter T H ^a   Sellars, Matthew J ^a   Lawn, Malcolm A ^a   Coles, Colin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER GAS COOLED ION CLOUDS; GROUND STATE HYPERFINE CLOCK TRANSITION; LINEAR PAUL TRAPS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; YTTERBIUM;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0031099997     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585119     Document Type: Article

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