Laser-cooled ytterbium ion frequency standard

Abstract

We report on the development of a trapped-ion, microwave frequency standard based on the 12.6 GHz hyperfine transition in laser-cooled ytterbium-171 ions. The entire system fits into a 6U 19-inch rack unit ($51\times 49\times 28$ cm) and comprises laser, electronics, and physics package subsystems. The performance of this development system is evaluated; the fractional frequency instability was measured to be $3.6\times 10^{-12}/\surd \tau$ for averaging times between 30 s and 1500 s.

arXiv comment16 Pages, 10 figures; v3 as published in Applied Physics B

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