Calcium optical frequency standard with ultracold atoms: Approaching 10-15 relative uncertainty

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Degenhardt, Carsten ^a,b   Stoehr, Hardo ^a,c   Lisdat, Christian ^a,d   Wilpers, Guido ^a,e   Schnatz, Harald ^a   Lipphardt, Burghard ^a   Nazarova, Tatiana ^a   Pottie, Paul Eric ^a,f   Sterr, Uwe ^a   Helmcke, Jürgen ^a   Riehle, Fritz ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY STABILITY;

CLOCK TRANSITION; FRACTIONAL UNCERTAINTY; NATURAL LINEWIDTH;

CALCIUM;

EID: 33244480576     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.062111     Document Type: Article

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