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Rydberg electrometry for optical lattice clocks

Bowden, W.; Hobson, R.; Huillery, P.; Gill, P.; Jones, M.P.A.; Hill, I.R.

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Authors

W. Bowden

R. Hobson

P. Huillery

P. Gill

I.R. Hill



Abstract

Electrometry is performed using Rydberg states to evaluate the quadratic Stark shift of the 5s2 1 S0-5s5p 3 P0 clock transition in strontium. By measuring the Stark shift of the highly excited 5s75d 1 D2 state using electromagnetically induced transparency, we characterize the electric field with sufficient precision to provide tight constraints on the systematic shift to the clock transition. Using the theoretically derived, and experimentally verified, polarizability for this Rydberg state, we can measure the residual field with an uncertainty well below 1Vm−1. This resolution allows us to constrain the fractional frequency uncertainty of the quadratic Stark shift of the clock transition to 2×10−20.

Citation

Bowden, W., Hobson, R., Huillery, P., Gill, P., Jones, M., & Hill, I. (2017). Rydberg electrometry for optical lattice clocks. Physical Review A, 96(2), Article 023419. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.023419

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 8, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 22, 2017
Publication Date Aug 22, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Physical Review A
Print ISSN 1050-2947
Electronic ISSN 1094-1622
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 96
Issue 2
Article Number 023419
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.023419
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1348980

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Revised version Reprinted with permission from the American Physical Society: Bowden, W., Hobson, R., Huillery, P., Gill, P., Jones, M. P. A. & Hill, I. R. (2017). Rydberg electrometry for optical lattice clocks. Physical Review A 96(2): 023419 © 2017 by the American Physical Society. Readers may view, browse, and/or download material for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, adapted, performed, displayed, published, or sold in whole or part, without prior written permission from the American Physical Society.





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