Marshall, M.
, Rodriguez Castillo, D.
, Dworschack, W.
, Aeppli, A.
, Kim, K.
, Lee, D.
, Warfield, W.
, Nardelli, N.
, Fortier, T.
, Ye, J.
, Leibrandt, D.
and Hume, D.
(2025),
High-Stability Single-Ion Clock with 5.5 x 10^-19 Systematic Uncertainty, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed April 19, 2025)
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High-Stability Single-Ion Clock with 5.5 x 10^-19 Systematic Uncertainty
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, , , Alexander Aeppli, Kyungtae Kim, Dahyeon Lee, William Warfield, , , Jun Ye, David Ray Leibrandt,
Abstract
We report a single-ion optical atomic clock with fractional frequency uncertainty of 5.5 x 10^-19 and frequency stability of 3.5 x 10^-16/sqrttau/s}, based on quantum logic spectroscopy of a single 27Al+ ion. A co-trapped 25Mg+ ion provides sympathetic cooling and quantum logic readout of the 27Al+ 1S0 -> 3P0 clock transition. A Rabi probe duration of 1 s, enabled by laser stability transfer from a remote cryogenic silicon cavity across a 3.6-km fiber link, results in a threefold reduction in instability compared to previous 27Al+ clocks. Systematic uncertainties are lower due to an improved ion trap electrical design, which reduces excess micromotion, and a new vacuum system, which reduces collisional shifts. We also perform a direction-sensitive measurement of the ac magnetic field due to the RF ion trap, eliminating systematic uncertainty due to field orientation.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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Journals
Keywords
Atomic clocks, optical clocks, trapped ions, atomic spectroscopy, precision measurement, quantum logic spectroscopy, time and frequency, metrology
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Created April 18, 2025