Optical frequency synthesis in the near IR with application to trapped ion standards

Author

Lea, S.N. ; Huang, G. ; Margolis, H.S. ; Macfarlane, G.M. ; Taylor, P. ; Gill, P.

Author_Institution

Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

647

Abstract

An optical frequency chain is under construction at NPL, with the object of making improved absolute frequency measurements of forbidden transitions in cold, trapped single ions of strontium and ytterbium, using as reference a methane-stabilised helium-neon laser frequency standard

Keywords

atom-photon collisions; frequency standards; frequency synthesizers; infrared spectra; laser cooling; optical frequency conversion; optical variables measurement; positive ions; radiation pressure; strontium; trapped ions; ytterbium; He-Ne; National Physical Laboratory; Sr; Sr₊; Yb; Yb⁺; absolute frequency measurements; cold trapped single ions; forbidden transitions; laser frequency standard; methane-stabilised He-Ne laser frequency standard; near IR region; optical frequency chain; optical frequency synthesis; trapped ion standards; Charge carrier processes; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Masers; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Particle beam optics; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Strontium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European

Conference_Location

Besancon

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5400-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1999.841389

Filename

841389