Possibility of an ultra-precise optical clock using the $6^1{S}_0\to 6^3{P}_0^o$ transition in ${}^{171,173}$Yb atoms held in an optical lattice

Sergey Porsev, Andrei Derevianko, Norval Fortson

We report calculations designed to assess the ultimate precision of an atomic clock based on the 578 nm $6^1{S}_0-->6^3{P}_0^o$ transition in Yb atoms confined in an optical lattic…