Low-power, miniature {sup 171}Yb ion clock using an ultra-small vacuum package
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109 (United States)
We report a demonstration of a very small microwave atomic clock using the 12.6 GHz hyperfine transition of the trapped {sup 171}Yb ions inside a miniature, completely sealed-off 3 cm{sup 3} ion-trap vacuum package. In the ion clock system, all of the components are highly miniaturized with low power consumption except the 369 nm optical pumping laser still under development for miniaturization. The entire clock, including the control electronics, consumes <300 mW. The fractional frequency instability of the miniature Yb{sup +} clock reaches the 10{sup -14} range after a few days of integration.
- OSTI ID:
- 22089634
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 25; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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