TY - GEN
T1 - Toward a mercury optical lattice clock
T2 - 2010 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements
AU - McFerran, J. J.
AU - Mejri, S.
AU - Yi, L.
AU - Bize, S.
PY - 2010/9/21
Y1 - 2010/9/21
N2 - We describe our work to develop an optical lattice clock using neutral mercury, which has the potential to reach accuracy near 1 part in 10 18 owing to its low sensitivity to black body radiation. We describe developments of our experimental setup to allow dipole lattice trapping and spectroscopy in the Lamb-Dicke regime. Specifically, we report on the implementation of a low noise imaging and detection system, on the characterization of the magneto-optic trap from which the dipole trap will be loaded, on the implementation of the dipole lattice trap itself, a challenging task given the wavelength and power requirements.
AB - We describe our work to develop an optical lattice clock using neutral mercury, which has the potential to reach accuracy near 1 part in 10 18 owing to its low sensitivity to black body radiation. We describe developments of our experimental setup to allow dipole lattice trapping and spectroscopy in the Lamb-Dicke regime. Specifically, we report on the implementation of a low noise imaging and detection system, on the characterization of the magneto-optic trap from which the dipole trap will be loaded, on the implementation of the dipole lattice trap itself, a challenging task given the wavelength and power requirements.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956631012&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544418
DO - 10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544418
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:77956631012
SN - 9781424467952
T3 - CPEM Digest (Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements)
SP - 85
EP - 86
BT - 2010 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, CPEM 2010
Y2 - 13 June 2010 through 18 June 2010
ER -