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Spherical Reference Cavities for Ultra-Stable Lasers in Non-Laboratory Environments

February 14, 2011
Author(s)
David R. Leibrandt, Michael J. Thorpe, Mark Notcutt, Robert E. Drullinger, Till P. Rosenband, James C. Bergquist
We present an ultra-stable optical cavity design that is insensitive to both vibrations and orientation. The design is based on a spherical cavity spacer which is held rigidly at two points on a diameter of the sphere. Coupling of the support forces to the

Recent atomic clock comparisions at NIST

October 1, 2008
Author(s)
Luca Lorini, Neil Ashby, Anders Brusch, Scott Diddams, Robert E. Drullinger, Eric Eason, Tara Fortier, Pat Hastings, Thomas P. Heavner, David Hume, Wayne M. Itano, Steven R. Jefferts, Nathan R. Newbury, Tom Parker, Till P. Rosenband, Jason Stalnaker, William C. Swann, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
The record of atomic clock frequency comparisons at NIST over the past half-decade provides one of the tightest constraints of any present-day, temporal variations of the fundamental constants. Notably, the 6-year record of increasingly precise

Ratio of the Al + and Hg + Optical Clock Frequencies to 17 Decimal Places

August 25, 2008
Author(s)
Wayne M. Itano, Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, P.O. Schmidt, Chin-Wen Chou, A. Brusch, Luca Lorini, Windell Oskay, Robert E. Drullinger, Sarah Bickman, Tara M. Fortier, Jason Stalnaker, Scott A. Diddams, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
Frequency standards (atomic clocks) based on narrow optical transitions in 27Al + and 199Hg + have been developed over the past several years at NIST. These two types of standards are both based on single ions confined in Paul traps, but differ in the

Frequency ratio of Al + and Hg + single-ion optical clocks; metrology at the 17th decimal place

March 6, 2008
Author(s)
Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, P. O. Schmidt, Chin-Wen Chou, Anders Brusch, Luca Lorini, Windell Oskay, Robert E. Drullinger, Tara M. Fortier, Jason Stalnaker, Scott A. Diddams, Nathan R. Newbury, W Swann, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
We report the frequency ratio of the two most accurate and stable atomic clocks with a total fractional uncertainty of 5.2 X 10 -17 . This frequency ratio is the best-known physical constant that is not a simple integer. Repeated measurements during the

Optical Frequency Standards and Measurements

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
Leo W. Hollberg, Christopher W. Oates, E A. Curtis, Eugene N. Ivanov, Scott A. Diddams, T Udem, Hugh Robinson, James C. Bergquist, Wayne M. Itano, Robert E. Drullinger, David J. Wineland

A Mercury-Ion Optical Clock

September 9, 2001
Author(s)
James C. Bergquist, U Tanaka, Robert E. Drullinger, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, Scott A. Diddams, Leo W. Hollberg, E A. Curtis, Christopher W. Oates, T Udem

A Single 199 Hg + Ion Optical Clock

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
James C. Bergquist, Christopher W. Oates, E A. Curtis, Leo W. Hollberg, Robert E. Drullinger, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, T Udem

All-Optical Atomic Clocks

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Robert E. Drullinger, T Udem, Scott A. Diddams, K R. Vogel, Christopher W. Oates, E A. Curtis, W D. Lee, Wayne M. Itano, Leo W. Hollberg, James C. Bergquist

An Optical Clock Based on a Single Trapped Hg + Ion

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, T Udem, K R. Vogel, Christopher W. Oates, E A. Curtis, W D. Lee, Wayne M. Itano, Robert E. Drullinger, James C. Bergquist, Leo W. Hollberg
Microwave atomic clocks have been the de facto standards for precision time and frequency metrology over the past 50 years, finding widespread use in basic scientific studies, communications, and navigation. However, with its higher operating frequency, an

Primary Atomic Frequency Standards at NIST

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Donald Sullivan, James C. Bergquist, Robert E. Drullinger, Wayne M. Itano, Steven R. Jefferts, D W. Lee, D Meekhof, Thomas E. Parker, F L. Walls, David J. Wineland