Observation of the1S0-3P0 transition in atomic ytterbium for optical clocks and qubit arrays

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2644-2646

  Hong, Tao ^a   Cramer, Claire ^a   Cook, Eryn ^a   Nagourney, Warren ^a   Fortson, E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CLOCKS; OPTICAL LATTICE; QUBIT ARRAYS;

ARRAYS; CLOCKS; FREQUENCIES; STANDARDS;

YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27744518430     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.002644     Document Type: Article

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