2018•Frontiers in Optics / Laser ScienceRequires access
An optical frequency atomic clock based on quantum matter
Sara Campbell, Ross B. Hutson, G. Edward Marti, Akihisa Goban, Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Rees McNally, Lindsay Sonderhouse, John Robinson, W. Zhang, Benjamin Bloom, Jun Ye
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Abstract
We present the first atomic clock based on quantum degenerate matter, overcoming atomic collisions, reaching a record spectroscopic quality factor of Q = 5.2 ⨉ 1015, and measuring a frequency difference to 3 ⨉ 10-19 in 2 hours.