• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 5, 051402 (2018)
Ye Li1、2、*, Yige Lin1, Qiang Wang1, Tao Yang1, Zhen Sun2, Erjun Zang1, and Zhanjun Fang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Division of Time and Frequency Metrology, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
  • 2Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.051402 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ye Li, Yige Lin, Qiang Wang, Tao Yang, Zhen Sun, Erjun Zang, Zhanjun Fang. An improved strontium lattice clock with 10−16 level laser frequency stabilization[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 051402 Copy Citation Text show less
    Layout of the clock laser system. λ/2, half wave plate; λ/4, quarter wave plate; PBS, polarizing beam splitter; M, 0° or 45° reflection mirror; CM, coupling mirror; AL, aspherical lens; ISO, isolator; BS, plate beam splitter; PD, photodiode; FNC, fiber noise cancellation circuit; PDH, Pound–Drever–Hall; AVI, active vibration isolation.
    Fig. 1. Layout of the clock laser system. λ/2, half wave plate; λ/4, quarter wave plate; PBS, polarizing beam splitter; M, 0° or 45° reflection mirror; CM, coupling mirror; AL, aspherical lens; ISO, isolator; BS, plate beam splitter; PD, photodiode; FNC, fiber noise cancellation circuit; PDH, Pound–Drever–Hall; AVI, active vibration isolation.
    30-cm-long ULE reference cavity and the Zerodur supporting base.
    Fig. 2. 30-cm-long ULE reference cavity and the Zerodur supporting base.
    Structure of the vacuum chamber with cavity’s temperature stabilization layers.
    Fig. 3. Structure of the vacuum chamber with cavity’s temperature stabilization layers.
    Layout of the 698 nm clock laser and 813 nm lattice laser into MOT. CM, collimating mirror; M, mirror; ND, neutral density filter; GM, Glan–Tylor prism; L, lens; PD, photodiode.
    Fig. 4. Layout of the 698 nm clock laser and 813 nm lattice laser into MOT. CM, collimating mirror; M, mirror; ND, neutral density filter; GM, Glan–Tylor prism; L, lens; PD, photodiode.
    Transition spectrum of a single component of the S01→ 3P0 transition with a Rabi excitation pulse width of 500 ms. The red solid line is a fitting with the Rabi line shape.
    Fig. 5. Transition spectrum of a single component of the S013P0 transition with a Rabi excitation pulse width of 500 ms. The red solid line is a fitting with the Rabi line shape.
    Frequency stability evaluation when the clock laser is locked to the atomic transition. The blue squares display the one-loop measurements, and the black circles are the time-interleaved measurements. The sampling time of the measurement is 3.08 s. The error bar shows the confidence interval of the measurement, which is calculated from the measurement dataset[26].
    Fig. 6. Frequency stability evaluation when the clock laser is locked to the atomic transition. The blue squares display the one-loop measurements, and the black circles are the time-interleaved measurements. The sampling time of the measurement is 3.08 s. The error bar shows the confidence interval of the measurement, which is calculated from the measurement dataset[26].
    Schematic of the interleaved measurements.
    Fig. 7. Schematic of the interleaved measurements.
    Ye Li, Yige Lin, Qiang Wang, Tao Yang, Zhen Sun, Erjun Zang, Zhanjun Fang. An improved strontium lattice clock with 10−16 level laser frequency stabilization[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 051402
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