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20162023
most cited1.5 m lasers with sub 10 mHz linewidth

584 citations · 2k across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

quant-ph2023★ 149 cited

Realizing spin squeezing with Rydberg interactions in a programmable optical clock

William J. Eckner, Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Alec Cao +5

Neutral-atom arrays trapped in optical potentials are a powerful platform for studying quantum physics, combining precise single-particle control and detection with a range of tuna…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

Direct comparison of two spin squeezed optical clocks below the quantum projection noise limit

John M Robinson, Maya Miklos, Yee Ming Tso +5

Building scalable quantum systems that demonstrate genuine performance enhancement based on entanglement is a major scientific goal for fields including computing, networking, simu…

physics.optics2022★ 1 cited

Frequency stability of cryogenic silicon cavities with semiconductor crystalline coatings

Dhruv Kedar, Jialiang Yu, Eric Oelker +7

State-of-the-art optical oscillators employing cryogenic reference cavities are limited in performance by the Brownian thermal noise associated with the mechanical dissipation of t…

physics.optics2022★ 38 cited

Excess noise and photo-induced effects in highly reflective crystalline mirror coatings

Jialiang Yu, Dhruv Kedar, Sebastian Häfner +9

Thermodynamically induced length fluctuations of high-reflectivity mirror coatings put a fundamental limit on sensitivity and stability of precision optical interferometers like gr…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 439 cited

Resolving the gravitational redshift within a millimeter atomic sample

Tobias Bothwell, Colin J. Kennedy, Alexander Aeppli +5

Einstein's theory of general relativity states that clocks at different gravitational potentials tick at different rates - an effect known as the gravitational redshift. As fundame…

physics.ins-det2020★ 24 cited

Thermal noise and mechanical loss of SiO/TaO optical coatings at cryogenic temperatures

John M Robinson, Eric Oelker, William R Milner +8

Mechanical loss of dielectric mirror coatings sets fundamental limits for both gravitational wave detectors and cavity-stabilized optical local oscillators for atomic clocks. Two a…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 225 cited

Precision Metrology Meets Cosmology: Improved Constraints on Ultralight Dark Matter from Atom-Cavity Frequency Comparisons

Colin J. Kennedy, Eric Oelker, John M. Robinson +6

We conduct frequency comparisons between a state-of-the-art strontium optical lattice clock, a cryogenic crystalline silicon cavity, and a hydrogen maser to set new bounds on the c…

physics.optics2020★ 28 cited

Optical Atomic Clock Comparison through Turbulent Air

Martha I. Bodine, Jean-Daniel Deschênes, Isaac H. Khader +32

We use frequency comb-based optical two-way time-frequency transfer (O-TWTFT) to measure the optical frequency ratio of state-of-the-art ytterbium and strontium optical atomic cloc…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 14 cited

Frequency Ratio Measurements with 18-digit Accuracy Using a Network of Optical Clocks

Boulder Atomic Clock Optical Network, Collaboration, : +35

Atomic clocks occupy a unique position in measurement science, exhibiting higher accuracy than any other measurement standard and underpinning six out of seven base units in the SI…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 82 cited

Demonstration of a time scale based on a stable optical carrier

William R. Milner, John M. Robinson, Colin J. Kennedy +13

We demonstrate a time scale based on a phase stable optical carrier that accumulates an estimated time error of ps over 34 days of operation. This all-optical time scale…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 323 cited

JILA SrI Optical Lattice Clock with Uncertainty of

Tobias Bothwell, Dhruv Kedar, Eric Oelker +5

We report on an improved systematic evaluation of the JILA SrI optical lattice clock, achieving a nearly identical systematic uncertainty compared to the previous strontium accurac…

physics.ins-det2018★ 2 cited

Crystalline optical cavity at 4 K with thermal noise limited instability and ultralow drift

John M. Robinson, Eric Oelker, William R. Milner +6

Crystalline optical cavities are the foundation of today's state-of-the-art ultrastable lasers. Building on our previous silicon cavity effort, we now achieve the fundamental therm…

physics.atom-ph2017★ 103 cited

Frequency measurements of superradiance from the strontium clock transition

Matthew A. Norcia, Julia R. K. Cline, Juan A. Muniz +6

We present the first characterization of the spectral properties of superradiant light emitted from the ultra-narrow, 1 mHz linewidth optical clock transition in an ensemble of col…

physics.ins-det2017★ 584 cited

1.5 m lasers with sub 10 mHz linewidth

D. G. Matei, T. Legero, S. Häfner +8

We report on two ultrastable lasers each stabilized to independent silicon Fabry-Pérot cavities operated at 124 K. The fractional frequency instability of each laser is completely…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016

High-performance near- and mid-infrared crystalline coatings

Garrett D. Cole, Wei Zhang, Bryce J. Bjork +11

Substrate-transferred crystalline coatings have recently emerged as a groundbreaking new concept in optical interference coatings. Building upon our initial demonstration of this t…