• DocumentCode
    2863047
  • Title

    Progress toward an optical frequency standard based on a single indium ion

  • Author

    Wang, Y.H. ; Liu, T. ; Dumke, R. ; Stejskal, A. ; Zhao, Y.N. ; Wang, L.J. ; Becker, T. ; Walther, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Forschergruppe fur Opt. Inf. und Photonik, Erlangen
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A single indium ion is being trapped and cooled via sideband cooling to its lowest vibrational states.We demonstrate a Hz-level laser system which is capable of measuring the 115In+ 1S0-3P0 clock transition with high accuracy.
  • Keywords
    frequency standards; indium; laser cooling; particle traps; vibrational states; In; clock transition; ion trap; optical frequency standard; sideband cooling; single indium ion; vibrational states; Clocks; Cooling; Electrodes; Frequency; Indium; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Optical scattering; Particle beam optics; Ring lasers; (020.7010) Trapping; (140.3320) Laser cooling; (300.6320) Spectroscopy, high-resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627727
  • Filename
    4627727