Excited-Band Coherent Delocalization for Improved Optical Lattice Clock Performance

Abstract

We implement coherent delocalization as a tool for improving the two primary metrics of atomic clock performance: systematic uncertainty and instability. By decreasing atomic density with coherent delocalization, we suppress cold-collision shifts and two-body losses. Atom loss attributed to Landau-Zener tunneling in the ground lattice band would compromise coherent delocalization at low trap depths for our ${}^{171}$Yb atoms; hence, we implement for the first time delocalization in excited lattice bands. Doing so increases the spatial distribution of atoms trapped in the vertically-oriented optical lattice by $\sim 7$ times. At the same time we observe a reduction of the cold-collision shift by 6.5(8) times, while also making inelastic two-body loss negligible. With these advantages, we measure the trap-light-induced quenching rate and natural lifetime of the ${}^3$P${}_0$ excited-state as $5.7(7)\times 10^{-4}$ $E_r^{-1}{s}^{-1}$ and 19(2) s, respectively.

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