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most citedSingle-Ion Atomic Clock with Systematic Uncertainty

675 citations · 2.5k across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.atom-ph2026

Interspecies clock comparison below uncertainty with a transportable clock

Chetan Vishwakarma, Ingo Nosske, Tim Lücke +6

We report a measurement of the optical frequency ratio between the -- electric-octupole (E3) transition of Yb and…

physics.atom-ph2026★ 1 cited

International Optical Clock Comparison Using the European Optical Fiber Network

Marco Pizzocaro, Clara Zyskind, Anne Amy-Klein +41

Optical clocks have achieved remarkable estimated fractional frequency uncertainties reaching the level and below, enabling applications in fundamental physics, general…

physics.atom-ph2026

A multi-ion optical clock with uncertainty

Melina Filzinger, Martin R. Steinel, Jian Jiang +4

Today's most accurate clocks are based on laser spectroscopy of electronic transitions in single trapped ions and feature fractional frequency uncertainties below …

physics.ins-det2025

The QTF-Backbone: Proposal for a Nationwide Optical Fibre Backbone in Germany for Quantum Technology and Time and Frequency Metrology

Tara Cubel Liebisch, Peter Kaufmann, Harald Schnatz +166

The recent breakthroughs in the distribution of quantum information and high-precision time and frequency (T&F) signals over long-haul optical fibre networks have transformative po…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 18 cited

Coordinated international comparisons between optical clocks connected via fiber and satellite links

Thomas Lindvall, Marco Pizzocaro, Rachel M. Godun +62

Optical clocks provide ultra-precise frequency references that are vital for international metrology as well as for tests of fundamental physics. To investigate the level of agreem…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Scalable chip-based 3D ion traps

Elena Jordan, Malte Brinkmann, Alexandre Didier +8

Ion traps are used for a wide range of applications from metrology to quantum simulations and quantum information processing. Microfabricated chip-based 3D ion traps are scalable t…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 128 cited

An Optical Atomic Clock Based on a Highly Charged Ion

Steven A. King, Lukas J. Spieß, Peter Micke +9

Optical atomic clocks are the most accurate measurement devices ever constructed and have found many applications in fundamental science and technology. The use of highly charged i…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 204 cited

Improved limits for violations of local position invariance from atomic clock comparisons

R. Lange, N. Huntemann, J. M. Rahm +6

We compare two optical clocks based on the SD electric quadrupole (E2) and the SF electric octupole (E3)…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 52 cited

Optical frequency ratio of a single-ion clock and a lattice clock

Sören Dörscher, Nils Huntemann, Roman Schwarz +6

We report direct measurements of the frequency ratio of the 642 THz -- electric octupole transition in and the 429 THz…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 23 cited

Coherent excitation of the highly forbidden electric octupole transition in Yb

Henning A. Fürst, Chih-Han Yeh, Dimitri Kalincev +7

We report on the first coherent excitation of the highly forbidden electric octupole (E3) transition in a single trapped Yb ion, an…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 18 cited

Coherent suppression of tensor frequency shifts through magnetic field rotation

R. Lange, N. Huntemann, C. Sanner +4

We introduce a scheme to coherently suppress second-rank tensor frequency shifts in atomic clocks, relying on the continuous rotation of an external magnetic field during the free…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 10 cited

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★ 284 cited

Optical clock comparison test of Lorentz symmetry

Christian Sanner, Nils Huntemann, Richard Lange +4

Questioning the presumably most basic assumptions about the structure of space and time has revolutionized our understanding of Nature. State-of-the-art atomic clocks make it possi…

physics.atom-ph2017★ 76 cited

Auto-Balanced Ramsey Spectroscopy

Christian Sanner, Nils Huntemann, Richard Lange +2

We devise a perturbation-immune version of Ramsey's method of separated oscillatory fields. Spectroscopy of an atomic clock transition without compromising the clock's accuracy is…

physics.atm-clus2016★ 675 cited

Single-Ion Atomic Clock with Systematic Uncertainty

N. Huntemann, C. Sanner, B. Lipphardt +2

We experimentally investigate an optical frequency standard based on the electric octupole (\textit{E}3) transition of a single trapped $^{17…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 4 cited

Frequency comparison of Yb ion optical clocks at PTB and NPL via GPS PPP

J. Leute, N. Huntemann, B. Lipphardt +11

We used Precise Point Positioning, a well-established GPS carrier-phase frequency transfer method to perform a direct remote comparison of two optical frequency standards based on…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 17 cited

Phase Analysis for Frequency Standards in the Microwave and Optical Domains

M. Kazda, V. Gerginov, N. Huntemann +2

Coherent manipulation of atomic states is a key concept in high-precision spectroscopy and used in atomic fountain clocks and a number of optical frequency standards. Operation of…

physics.atom-ph2014★ 369 cited

Improved limit on a temporal variation of from comparisons of Yb and Cs atomic clocks

N. Huntemann, B. Lipphardt, Chr. Tamm +3

Accurate measurements of different transition frequencies between atomic levels of the electronic and hyperfine structure over time are used to investigate temporal variations of t…

physics.atom-ph2013★ 171 cited

A strontium lattice clock with inaccuracy and its frequency

Stephan Falke, Nathan Lemke, Christian Grebing +10

We have measured the absolute frequency of the optical lattice clock based on Sr at PTB with an uncertainty of using two caesium fountain clocks. This i…

physics.atom-ph2013★ 72 cited

A Cs-Based Optical Frequency Measurement Using Cross-Linked Optical and Microwave Oscillators

Chr. Tamm, N. Huntemann, B. Lipphardt +5

We describe a measurement of the frequency of the 2S1/2(F = 0) - 2D3/2(F' = 2) transition of 171Yb+ at the wavelength 436 nm (frequency 688 THz), using a single Yb+ ion confined in…

physics.atom-ph2012★ 110 cited

A generalized Ramsey excitation scheme with suppressed light shift

N. Huntemann, B. Lipphardt, M. Okhapkin +4

We experimentally investigate a recently proposed optical excitation scheme [V.I. Yudin et al., Phys. Rev. A 82, 011804(R)(2010)] that is a generalization of Ramsey's method of sep…

physics.atom-ph2011★ 241 cited

High-accuracy optical clock based on the octupole transition in 171Yb+

N. Huntemann, M. Okhapkin, B. Lipphardt +3

We experimentally investigate an optical frequency standard based on the 467 nm (642 THz) electric-octupole reference transition 2S1/2(F=0) -> F7/2(F=3) in a single trapped 171Yb+…

physics.atom-ph2011★ 48 cited

Atomic clocks with suppressed blackbody radiation shift

V. I. Yudin, A. V. Taichenachev, M. V. Okhapkin +6

We develop a nonstandard concept of atomic clocks where the blackbody radiation shift (BBRS) and its temperature fluctuations can be dramatically suppressed (by one to three orders…