3 papers
physics.atom-ph2019
Guidelines for developing optical clocks with fractional frequency uncertainty
Moustafa Abdel-Hafiz, Piotr Ablewski, Ali Al-Masoudi +42
There has been tremendous progress in the performance of optical frequency standards since the first proposals to carry out precision spectroscopy on trapped, single ions in the 19…
physics.atom-ph2018
Compact laser system for a laser-cooled ytterbium ion microwave frequency standard
S. Mulholland, H. A. Klein, G. P. Barwood +6
The development of a transportable microwave frequency standard based on the ground-state transition of at ~12.6 GHz requires a compact laser system for coo…
physics.atom-ph2018
Laser-cooled ytterbium ion frequency standard
S. Mulholland, H. A. Klein, G. P. Barwood +6
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 in…