Frequency measurement of the 2S1/2-2D3/2 electric quadrupole transition in a single 171yb+ Ion

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-599

  Webster, Stephen ^a   Godun, Rachel ^a   King, Steven ^a   Huang, Guilong ^a   Walton, Barney ^a   Tsatourian, Veronika ^a   Margolis, Helen ^a   Lea, Stephen ^a   Gill, Patrick ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CLOCK TRANSITION; ELECTRIC QUADRUPOLE TRANSITION; FRACTIONAL FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HYDROGEN MASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; SINGLE ION; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES;

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM;

HYDROGEN MASERS;

EID: 77949342993     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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