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International time and frequency comparisons in real time: recent results

July 2, 2012
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero, Nelida Diaz-Munoz, Eduardo de Carlos Lopez
Within the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM) region, a time comparison network, SIMTN, has been developed. The SIMTN continuously compares the time scales of SIM members and publishes measurement results in near real-time. The measurements are

Randomized Benchmarking of Multiqubit Gates

June 29, 2012
Author(s)
John P. Gaebler, Adam M. Meier, Ting Rei Tan, Ryan S. Bowler, Yiheng Lin, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Jonathan Home, Emanuel H. Knill, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
As experimental platforms for quantum information processing continue to mature, characterization of the quality of unitary gates that can be applied to their quantum bits (qubits) becomes essential. Eventually, the quality must be sufficiently high to

Ancilla assisted calibration of a measuring apparatus

June 19, 2012
Author(s)
Alan L. Migdall, Giorgio Brida, L. Ciavarella, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Marco Genovese, M. G. Mingolla, M. G. A. Paris, Fabrizio Piacentini, Sergey Polyakov
The rapid development of quantum systems has enabled a wide range of novel and innovative technologies, from quantum information processing to quantum etrology and imaging [113], mainly based on optical systems. Precise characterization techniques of

Generation of a 6602100 nm laser frequency comb based on an erbium fiber laser

June 15, 2012
Author(s)
Gabriel G. Ycas, Steve Osterman, Scott A. Diddams
We present a laser frequency comb based upon a 250 MHz mode-locked erbium fiber-laser that spans more than 300 terahertz of bandwidth, from 660 nm to 2000 nm. Broad bandwidth is achieved by making use of Er:fiber and Yb:fiber amplifiers and supercontinuum

Correlation effects on transition probabilities in Mo vi

June 13, 2012
Author(s)
Charlotte F. Fischer
The effect of correlation on transitions in Mo vi from 4p64d 2D and 4p65s 2S to 4p64f, 4p65p, 4p65f, 4p54d2 with J = 1/2 - 7/2 is investigated. Non-relativistic correlation studies show the near degeneracy of 4p54d2(3F) 2Fo and 4p54d2(1G) 2Fo configuration

Sub-femtosecond absolute timing jitter with a 10 GHz hybrid photonic-microwave oscillator

June 7, 2012
Author(s)
Tara M. Fortier, Craig W. Nelson, Archita Hati, Franklyn J. Quinlan, Jennifer A. Taylor, Haifeng (. Jiang, Chin-Wen Chou, Till P. Rosenband, Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew D. Ludlow, David A. Howe, Christopher W. Oates, Scott A. Diddams
We present an optical-electronic approach to generating microwave signals with high spectral purity. By overcoming shot noise and operating near fundamental thermal limits, we demonstrate 10 GHz signals that have timing deviation from an ideal periodic

Three-dimensional real-time tracking of nanoparticles at an oil-water interface

June 5, 2012
Author(s)
Kan K. Du, James A. Liddle, Andrew J. Berglund
We show that real-time feedback control can be used to study three-dimensional nanoparticle transport dynamics. We apply the method to study the behavior of adsorbed nanoparticles at a silicone oil-water interface in a microemulsion system over a range of

Spectroscopy and Thermometry of Drumhead Modes in a Mesoscopic Trapped-Ion Crystal Using Entanglement

May 25, 2012
Author(s)
Brian C. Sawyer, Joseph W. Britton, Adam Keith, C.-C Joseph Wang, James K. Freericks, Hermann Uys, Michael Biercuk, John J. Bollinger
We demonstrate a method of sensitive detection and thermometry of individual modes in cold ( sim1 mK), planar one-component ion plasmas. Exploiting precise control over the valence electron spins of several hundred crystallized 9Be + confined in a Penning

A Compact Cold-Atom Frequency Standard Based on Coherent Population Trapping

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Francois-Xavier R. Esnault, John Kitching, Elizabeth Donley
We present the status of our cold-atom clock based on coherent population trapping, including the present clock stability and a preliminary evaluation of the three main systematic frequency shifts: the 1st-order Doppler shift, the Zeeman shift, and the

A high stability optical frequency reference based on thermal calcium atoms

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Richard W. Fox, Jeffrey Sherman, W. Douglas, Judith B. Olson, Andrew Ludlow, Christopher W. Oates
Here we report an imprecision below 10 -14 with a simple, compact optical frequency standard based upon thermal calcium atoms. Using a Ramsey-Borde spectrometer we excite features with linewidths 5 kHz for the 1S 0- 3P 1 intercombination line at 657 nm

A hybrid 10 GHz photonic-microwave oscillator with sub-femtosecond absolute timing jitter

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Tara M. Fortier, Craig W. Nelson, Archita Hati, Franklyn J. Quinlan, Jennifer A. Taylor, Haifeng (. Jiang, Chin-Wen Chou, Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew D. Ludlow, David A. Howe, Christopher W. Oates, Scott A. Diddams
We demonstrate a 10 GHz hybrid oscillator comprised of a phase stabilized optical frequency comb divider and a room temperature dielectric sapphire oscillator. Characterization of the 10 GHz microwave signal via comparison of two independent hybrid

A new algorithm for clock weights for the SIM time scale

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, J. Mauricio Lopez-Romero, Nelida Diaz-Munoz, E. de Carlos-Lopez
A time and frequency comparison system has been developed for the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM) region in order to compare in real time the time references maintained at the SIM national metrology institutes (NMIs). Since January 2010 a

A Sub-Sampling Digital PM/AM Noise Measurement System

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe
A digital phase/amplitude modulation (PM/AM) noise measurement system (DNMS) implementing field programmable gate array (FPGA) based digital down converters (DDCs), and 250 MHz analog to digital converters (ADCs) is reported. Performance in the first

Blackbody effects in the Yb optical lattice clock

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Andrew D. Ludlow, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Nathan D. Lemke, Kyle P. Beloy, Nathan M. Hinkley, M. Pizzocaro, Richard W. Fox, Christopher W. Oates
We report a high accuracy measurement of the differential static polarizability for the clock transition in a Yb lattice clock, a key parameter for determining the blackbody BBR) shift of this transition. We further report efforts to determine the 6s5d3D1

Common-Arm Counter Propagating Phase Bridge for Vibration Sensitivity Measurement

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Danielle G. Lirette, Corey A. Barnes, Archita Hati, Jason A. DeSalvo, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe
Current methods for measuring the vibration sensitivity of microwave devices are primarily limited by choice of cables connecting a stationary platform to a vibrating actuator. We experimentally compare the current ("conventional") method with a new (

Mechanical stabilization of a microrod-resonator optical frequency

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Scott B. Papp, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott A. Diddams
We present line-spacing frequency control of a microresonator-based optical frequency comb by way of mechanical actuation. Using this novel technique we have achieved a record level of residual stability in the line spacing of 5 × 10 -15 for 1s averaging

Phase-Noise Measurement of a 670 GHz Source

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Jason A. DeSalvo, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe
We present phase-noise measurements in support of terahertz electronics. Using digital phase-noise measurement techniques and an even-harmonic mixer, we achieve a phase-noise measurement system in waveguide (WR1.5). At 670 GHz an upper bound of this system

PM-AM Correlation Measurements and Analysis

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
David A. Howe, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Danielle G. Lirette
We measure and analyze effects of nonlinear mixing of phase-noise modulation (PM) and amplitude-noise modulation (AM) in an oscillating signal by real-time correlations measured in the cross power spectral density (CPSD). We outline sensitive measurements

Ultra-low-noise Regenerative Frequency Divider for High Spectral Purity RF Signal Generation

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Corey A. Barnes, Danielle G. Lirette, Jason A. DeSalvo, Tara M. Fortier, Franklyn J. Quinlan, Andrew D. Ludlow, Till P. Rosenband, Scott A. Diddams, David A. Howe
We implement an ultra-low-noise frequency divider chain from 8 GHz to 5 MHz that utilizes custom-built regenerative frequency divide-by-2 circuits. The single-sideband (SSB) residual phase noise of this regenerative divider at 5 MHz output is -163 dBc/Hz

Vibrational analysis of stabilized lasers

May 24, 2012
Author(s)
Kenneth J. Hughes, Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe
Frequency-stabilized lasers are routinely used in a variety of research and application areas relating to laser-cooled atoms. Important applications in the cold-atom regime include atomic time keeping, inertial navigation, gravitational sensing, and
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