VERY HIGH-Q MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY ON TRAPPED YB-171(- APPLICATION ASA FREQUENCY STANDARD() IONS )

Authors
FISK PTH SELLARS MJ LAWN MA COLES C MANN AG BLAIR DG
Citation
Pth. Fisk et al., VERY HIGH-Q MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY ON TRAPPED YB-171(- APPLICATION ASA FREQUENCY STANDARD() IONS ), IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement, 44(2), 1995, pp. 113-116
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189456
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
113 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9456(1995)44:2<113:VHMSOT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A microwave frequency standard based on buffer-gas cooled Yb-171(+) io ns confined in a linear Paul trap has been demonstrated in prototype f orm. The standard exhibits a fractional frequency instability characte rized by an Allan deviation sigma(y)(tau)=3.7 x 10(-13)tau(-1/2) for t au < 3000 s. Microwave Ramsey fringes with a Q factor of 1.5 x 10(13) have been observed.