F-state quenching with CH{sub 4} for buffer-gas cooled {sup 171}Y b{sup +} frequency standard
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123 (United States)
We report that methane, CH{sub 4}, can be used as an efficient F-state quenching gas for trapped ytterbium ions. The quenching rate coefficient is measured to be (2.8 ± 0.3) × 10{sup 6} s{sup −1} Torr{sup −1}. For applications that use microwave hyperfine transitions of the ground-state {sup 171}Y b ions, the CH{sub 4} induced frequency shift coefficient and the decoherence rate coefficient are measured as δν/ν = (−3.6 ± 0.1) × 10{sup −6} Torr{sup −1} and 1/T{sub 2} = (1.5 ± 0.2) × 10{sup 5} s{sup −1} Torr{sup −1}. In our buffer-gas cooled {sup 171}Y b{sup +} microwave clock system, we find that only ≤10{sup −8} Torr of CH{sub 4} is required under normal operating conditions to efficiently clear the F-state and maintain ≥85% of trapped ions in the ground state with insignificant pressure shift and collisional decoherence of the clock resonance.
- OSTI ID:
- 22492194
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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