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Probing interactions between ultracold fermions

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Author(s)

G K. Campbell, M M. Boyd, J W. Thomsen, M J. Martin, S Blatt, M D. Swallows, Travis L. Nicholson, Tara Fortier, Christopher W. Oates, Scott Diddams, Nathan D. Lemke, Pascal Naidon, Paul S. Julienne, Jun Ye, Andrew Ludlow

Abstract

At ultracold temperatures, the Pauli exclusion principle suppresses collisions between identical fermions. This has motivated the development of atomic clocks using fermionic isotopes. However, by probing an optical clock transition with thousands of lattice-confined, ultracold fermionic Sr atoms, we have observed density-dependent collisional frequency shifts. These collision effects have been measured systematically and are supported by a theoretical description providing a fundamental understanding of fermionic interactions including the effect of the measurement process. This work has also yielded insights for zeroing the clock density shift.
Citation
Science
Volume
324

Keywords

fermions, optical lattice, strontium, ultracold collisions, atomic clock

Citation

Campbell, G. , Boyd, M. , Thomsen, J. , Martin, M. , Blatt, S. , Swallows, M. , Nicholson, T. , Fortier, T. , Oates, C. , Diddams, S. , Lemke, N. , Naidon, P. , Julienne, P. , Ye, J. and Ludlow, A. (2009), Probing interactions between ultracold fermions, Science, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901519 (Accessed December 3, 2024)

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Created April 16, 2009, Updated October 12, 2021