Suppression of Collisional Shifts in a Strongly Interacting Lattice Clock
- 25 February 2011
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 331 (6020), 1043-1046
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196442
Abstract
Keeping Time: Optical lattice clocks are comprised of atoms placed in an optical lattice formed by opposing laser beams and can be more precise than traditional microwave atomic clocks because of the higher frequency at which they operate, and the number of atoms available for interrogation. However, interactions between the atoms may lead to shifts in the frequency of the clock transition, usually proportional to the atomic density. Swallows et al. (p. 1043 , published online 3 February) demonstrate an opposite and unexpected effect of interactions: For sufficiently strongly interacting systems, the frequency shift is suppressed. Indeed, in a strontium-based fermionic lattice clock, the shift and its associated spread were reduced by an order of magnitude.Keywords
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Funding Information
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Physics Frontier Center
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Army Research Office
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