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Hyper-Ramsey spectroscopy of optical clock transitions

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Christopher W. Oates, V. I. Yudin, A. V. Taichenachev, Zeb Barber, Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew D. Ludlow, U Sterr, Ch. Lisdat, F Riehle

Abstract

We present nonstandard optical Ramsey schemes that use pulses individually tailored in duration, phase and frequency to cancel spurious frequency shifts related to the excitation itself. In particular, the field shifts and their uncertainties can be radically suppressed (by two to four orders of magnitude) in comparison with the usual Ramsey method (using two equal pulses) as well as with single-pulse Rabi spectroscopy. atom interferomters and optical clocks based on two-photon transitions, heavily forbidden transitions, or magnetically induced spectroscopy could significantly benefit from this method. In the latter case, these frequency shifts can be suppressed considerably below a fractional leel of 10-17. Moreover, our approach opens the door for high-precision optical clocks based on direct frequency spectroscopy.
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Physical Review A
Volume
82
Pub Type
Journals

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Oates, C. , Yudin, V. , Taichenachev, A. , Barber, Z. , Lemke, N. , Ludlow, A. , Sterr, U. , Lisdat, C. and Riehle, F. (2010), Hyper-Ramsey spectroscopy of optical clock transitions, Physical Review A, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=906618 (Accessed October 2, 2025)

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Created July 22, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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