• DocumentCode
    689231
  • Title

    Improved absolute frequency measurement of the 171Yb optical lattice clock towards the redefinition of the second

  • Author

    Yasuda, Makoto ; Inaba, Hiromi ; Kohno, Tohru ; Tanabe, Takasumi ; Nakajima, Yoshiki ; Hosaka, Kazumoto ; Akamatsu, Daisuke ; Onae, Atsushi ; Suzuyama, Tomonari ; Amemiya, Motoyuki ; Feng-Lei Hong

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Metrol. Inst. of Japan (NMIJ), AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an improved absolute frequency measurement of the 1S0-3P0 clock transition at 578 nm in 171Yb atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice. The absolute frequency is determined as 518 295 836 590 863.1(2.0) Hz relative to the SI second.
  • Keywords
    frequency measurement; laser variables measurement; optical lattices; ytterbium; 171Yb; absolute frequency measurement; one-dimensional ytterbium optical lattice clock; wavelength 578 nm; Clocks; Frequency measurement; Lattices; Metrology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833614
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689231