Cavity-QED measurements of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>Sr</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>87</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math> millihertz optical clock transition and determination of its natural linewidth
Juan A. Muniz, Dylan J. Young, Julia Cline, James K. Thompson
Abstract
The authors develop a nondestructive cavity-QED technique to measure observables along long-lived optical transitions, applying this technique to determine the lifetime of a millihertz-linewidth transition in 87-Sr used in next-gen atomic clocks.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsAlgorithmObservableMeasure (data warehouse)Laser linewidthComputer scienceData miningOpticsLaserQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Frequency and Time StandardsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research