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Kuo CH, Hsiao YC, Jhang CY, Chen YD, Tung S. Preparing pure 43 Ca + samples in an ion trap with photoionization and parametric excitations. Sci Rep 2024; 14:18524. [PMID: 39122840 PMCID: PMC11315978 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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We present a practical scheme for the efficient preparation of laser-cooled43 Ca+ ions in an ion trap. Our approach integrates two well-established methods: isotope-selective photoionization and isotope-specific parametric excitation. Drawing inspiration from the individual merits of each method, we have successfully integrated these techniques to prepare extended chains of43 Ca+ ions, overcoming the challenge posed by their low natural abundance of 0.135% in a natural source. Furthermore, we explore the subtleties of our scheme, focusing on the influence of different factors on the purification process. Our investigation contributes to a broader understanding of the technique and highlights the adaptability of established methods in addressing specific isotopic challenges.
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- C-H Kuo
- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
- Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
- Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
- Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
- Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
- Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
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Ge Z, Bai S, Eronen T, Jokinen A, Kankainen A, Kujanpää S, Moore I, Nesterenko D, Reponen M. High-precision measurement of the atomic mass of 84 Sr and implications to isotope shift studies. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. A, HADRONS AND NUCLEI 2024; 60:147. [PMID: 39220206 PMCID: PMC11362536 DOI: 10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01359-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The absolute mass of84 Sr was determined using the phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer. A more precise value for the mass of84 Sr is essential for providing potential indications of physics beyond the Standard Model through high-precision isotope shift measurements of Sr atomic transition frequencies. The mass excess of84 Sr was refined to be - 80649.229 ( 37 ) k e V / c 2 from high-precision cyclotron-frequency-ratio measurements with a relative precision of 4.8 × 10 - 10 . The obtained mass-excess value is in agreement with the adopted value in the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2020, but is 30 times more precise. With this new value, we confirm the previously observed nonlinearity in the study of the isotope shift of strontium. Moreover, the double-beta ( 2 β + ) decay Q value of84 Sr was directly determined to be 1790.115(37) keV, and the precision was improved by a factor of 30.
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- Zhuang Ge
- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Arrowsmith-Kron G, Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis M, Au M, Ballof J, Berger R, Borschevsky A, Breier AA, Buchinger F, Budker D, Caldwell L, Charles C, Dattani N, de Groote RP, DeMille D, Dickel T, Dobaczewski J, Düllmann CE, Eliav E, Engel J, Fan M, Flambaum V, Flanagan KT, Gaiser AN, Garcia Ruiz RF, Gaul K, Giesen TF, Ginges JSM, Gottberg A, Gwinner G, Heinke R, Hoekstra S, Holt JD, Hutzler NR, Jayich A, Karthein J, Leach KG, Madison KW, Malbrunot-Ettenauer S, Miyagi T, Moore ID, Moroch S, Navratil P, Nazarewicz W, Neyens G, Norrgard EB, Nusgart N, Pašteka LF, N Petrov A, Plaß WR, Ready RA, Pascal Reiter M, Reponen M, Rothe S, Safronova MS, Scheidenerger C, Shindler A, Singh JT, Skripnikov LV, Titov AV, Udrescu SM, Wilkins SG, Yang X. Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2024; 87:084301. [PMID: 38215499 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ad1e39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics, nuclear structure, and chemistry. Recent advances in the ability to create, cool, and control complex molecules down to the quantum level, along with recent and upcoming advances in radioactive species production at several facilities around the world, create a compelling opportunity to coordinate and combine these efforts to bring precision measurement and control to molecules containing extreme nuclei. In this manuscript, we review the scientific case for studying radioactive molecules, discuss recent atomic, molecular, nuclear, astrophysical, and chemical advances which provide the foundation for their study, describe the facilities where these species are and will be produced, and provide an outlook for the future of this nascent field.
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- Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
- Accelerator Systems Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Institut, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, United States of America
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- JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- HPQC Labs, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- HPQC College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States of America
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry-TRIGA Site, Johannes Gutenberg University, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States of America
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- Photon Science Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 3M9, Canada
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- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States of America
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States of America
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute'-PNPI), 1 Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina 188300, Leningrad Region, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States of America
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- School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America
- Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD 20742, United States of America
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- Helmholtz Forschungsakademie Hessen für FAIR (HFHF), Campus Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams & Physics Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute'-PNPI), 1 Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina 188300, Leningrad Region, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute'-PNPI), 1 Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina 188300, Leningrad Region, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Leibrandt DR, Porsev SG, Cheung C, Safronova MS. Prospects of a thousand-ion Sn 2+ Coulomb-crystal clock with sub-10 -19 inaccuracy. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5663. [PMID: 38969633 PMCID: PMC11229506 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49241-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
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Optical atomic clocks are the most accurate and precise measurement devices of any kind, enabling advances in international timekeeping, Earth science, fundamental physics, and more. However, there is a fundamental tradeoff between accuracy and precision, where higher precision is achieved by using more atoms, but this comes at the cost of larger interactions between the atoms that limit the accuracy. Here, we propose a many-ion optical atomic clock based on three-dimensional Coulomb crystals of order one thousand Sn2+ ions confined in a linear RF Paul trap with the potential to overcome this limitation. Sn2+ has a unique combination of features that is not available in previously considered ions: a 1S0 ↔ 3P0 clock transition between two states with zero electronic and nuclear angular momentum (I = J = F = 0) making it immune to nonscalar perturbations, a negative differential polarizability making it possible to operate the trap in a manner such that the two dominant shifts for three-dimensional ion crystals cancel each other, and a laser-accessible transition suitable for direct laser cooling and state readout. We present calculations of the differential polarizability, other relevant atomic properties, and the motion of ions in large Coulomb crystals, in order to estimate the achievable accuracy and precision of Sn2+ Coulomb-crystal clocks.
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- David R Leibrandt
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA.
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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Rehbehn NH, Rosner MK, Berengut JC, Schmidt PO, Pfeifer T, Gu MF, López-Urrutia JRC. Narrow and Ultranarrow Transitions in Highly Charged Xe Ions as Probes of Fifth Forces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:161803. [PMID: 37925712 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.161803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Optical frequency metrology in atoms and ions can probe hypothetical fifth forces between electrons and neutrons by sensing minute perturbations of the electronic wave function induced by them. A generalized King plot has been proposed to distinguish them from possible standard model effects arising from, e.g., finite nuclear size and electronic correlations. Additional isotopes and transitions are required for this approach. Xenon is an excellent candidate, with seven stable isotopes with zero nuclear spin, however it has no known visible ground-state transitions for high resolution spectroscopy. To address this, we have found and measured twelve magnetic-dipole lines in its highly charged ions and theoretically studied their sensitivity to fifth forces as well as the suppression of spurious higher-order standard model effects. Moreover, we identified at 764.8753(16) nm a E2-type ground-state transition with 500 s excited state lifetime as a potential clock candidate further enhancing our proposed scheme.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Flambaum VV, Mansour AJ. Variation of the Quadrupole Hyperfine Structure and Nuclear Radius due to an Interaction with Scalar and Axion Dark Matter. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:113004. [PMID: 37774287 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.113004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Atomic spectroscopy is used to search for the space-time variation of fundamental constants which may be due to an interaction with scalar and pseudoscalar (axion) dark matter. In this Letter, we study the effects that are produced by the variation of the nuclear radius and electric quadrupole moment. The sensitivity of the electric quadrupole hyperfine structure to both the variation of the quark mass and the effects of dark matter exceeds that of the magnetic hyperfine structure by 1-2 orders of magnitude. Therefore, the measurement of the variation of the ratio of the electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole hyperfine constants is proposed. The sensitivity of the optical clock transitions in the Yb^{+} ion to the variation of the nuclear radius allows us to extract, from experimental data, limits on the variation of the hadron and quark masses, the QCD parameter θ and the interaction with axion dark matter.
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- V V Flambaum
- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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Jones DM, van Kann F, McFerran JJ. Intercombination line frequencies in 171Yb validated with the clock transition. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:3932-3940. [PMID: 37706703 DOI: 10.1364/ao.488653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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We have carried absolute frequency measurements of the (6s 2) 1 S 0-(6s6p) 3 P 1 transition in 171 Y b (intercombination line), where the spin-1/2 isotope yields two hyperfine lines. The measurements rely on sub-Doppler spectroscopy to yield a discriminator to which a 556 nm laser is locked. The frequency reference for the optical frequency measurements is a high-quality quartz oscillator steered to the GNSS time scale that is bridged with a frequency comb. The reference is validated to ∼3×10-12 by spectroscopy on the 1 S 0- 3 P 0 (clock) line in laser cooled and trapped 171 Y b atoms. From the hyperfine separation between the F=1/2 and F=3/2 levels of 3 P 1, we determine the hyperfine constant to be A(3 P 1)=3957833(28)k H z.
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Sailer T, Debierre V, Harman Z, Heiße F, König C, Morgner J, Tu B, Volotka AV, Keitel CH, Blaum K, Sturm S. Measurement of the bound-electron g-factor difference in coupled ions. Nature 2022; 606:479-483. [PMID: 35705820 PMCID: PMC9200642 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04807-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is one of the most fundamental theories of physics and has been shown to be in excellent agreement with experimental results1-5. In particular, measurements of the electron's magnetic moment (or g factor) of highly charged ions in Penning traps provide a stringent probe for QED, which allows testing of the standard model in the strongest electromagnetic fields6. When studying the differences between isotopes, many common QED contributions cancel owing to the identical electron configuration, making it possible to resolve the intricate effects stemming from the nuclear differences. Experimentally, however, this quickly becomes limited, particularly by the precision of the ion masses or the magnetic field stability7. Here we report on a measurement technique that overcomes these limitations by co-trapping two highly charged ions and measuring the difference in their g factors directly. We apply a dual Ramsey-type measurement scheme with the ions locked on a common magnetron orbit8, separated by only a few hundred micrometres, to coherently extract the spin precession frequency difference. We have measured the isotopic shift of the bound-electron g factor of the isotopes 20Ne9+ and 22Ne9+ to 0.56-parts-per-trillion (5.6 × 10-13) precision relative to their g factors, an improvement of about two orders of magnitude compared with state-of-the-art techniques7. This resolves the QED contribution to the nuclear recoil, accurately validates the corresponding theory and offers an alternative approach to set constraints on new physics.
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- Tim Sailer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, St Petersburg, Russia
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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Tiny isotopic difference tests standard model of particle physics. Nature 2022; 606:467-468. [PMID: 35705815 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01569-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Manzoor S, Tinsley JN, Bandarupally S, Chiarotti M, Poli N. High-power, frequency-quadrupled UV laser source resonant with the 1S 0- 3P 1 narrow intercombination transition of cadmium at 326.2 nm. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:2582-2585. [PMID: 35561406 DOI: 10.1364/ol.457979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We present a novel high-power, frequency-stabilized UV laser source at 326.2 nm, resonant with the Cd 1S0-3P1 narrow intercombination transition. We achieve a maximum produced power of 1 W at 326.2 nm by two successive frequency doubling stages of a narrow-linewidth (<1 kHz) seed laser at 1304.8 nm. Approximately 3.4 W of optical power at 652.4 nm is produced by a visible Raman fiber amplifier (VRFA) that amplifies and generates the second harmonic of the infrared radiation. The visible light is subsequently frequency-doubled down to 326.2 nm in a nonlinear bow-tie cavity using a Brewster-cut beta-barium-borate (BBO) crystal, with a maximum conversion efficiency of approximately 40% for 2.5 W of coupled red power. Full characterization of the laser source, together with spectroscopy signals of all Cd isotopes, spanning more than 4 GHz in the UV, are shown.
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Hur J, Aude Craik DPL, Counts I, Knyazev E, Caldwell L, Leung C, Pandey S, Berengut JC, Geddes A, Nazarewicz W, Reinhard PG, Kawasaki A, Jeon H, Jhe W, Vuletić V. Evidence of Two-Source King Plot Nonlinearity in Spectroscopic Search for New Boson. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:163201. [PMID: 35522508 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.163201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Optical precision spectroscopy of isotope shifts can be used to test for new forces beyond the standard model, and to determine basic properties of atomic nuclei. We measure isotope shifts on the highly forbidden ^{2}S_{1/2}→^{2}F_{7/2} octupole transition of trapped ^{168,170,172,174,176}Yb ions. When combined with previous measurements in Yb^{+} and very recent measurements in Yb, the data reveal a King plot nonlinearity of up to 240σ. The trends exhibited by experimental data are explained by nuclear density functional theory calculations with the Fayans functional. We also find, with 4.3σ confidence, that there is a second distinct source of nonlinearity, and discuss its possible origin.
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- Joonseok Hur
- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Differential clock comparisons with a multiplexed optical lattice clock. Nature 2022; 602:425-430. [PMID: 35173344 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04344-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rapid progress in optical atomic clock performance has advanced the frontiers of timekeeping, metrology and quantum science1-3. Despite considerable efforts, the instabilities of most optical clocks remain limited by the local oscillator rather than the atoms themselves4,5. Here we implement a 'multiplexed' one-dimensional optical lattice clock, in which spatially resolved strontium atom ensembles are trapped in the same optical lattice, interrogated simultaneously by a shared clock laser and read-out in parallel. In synchronous Ramsey interrogations of ensemble pairs we observe atom-atom coherence times of 26 s, a 270-fold improvement over the measured atom-laser coherence time, demonstrate a relative instability of [Formula: see text] (where τ is the averaging time) and reach a relative statistical uncertainty of 8.9 × 10-20 after 3.3 h of averaging. These results demonstrate that applications involving optical clock comparisons need not be limited by the instability of the local oscillator. We further realize a miniaturized clock network consisting of 6 atomic ensembles and 15 simultaneous pairwise comparisons with relative instabilities below [Formula: see text], and prepare spatially resolved, heterogeneous ensemble pairs of all four stable strontium isotopes. These results pave the way for multiplexed precision isotope shift measurements, spatially resolved characterization of limiting clock systematics, the development of clock-based gravitational wave and dark matter detectors6-12 and new tests of relativity in the lab13-16.
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Figueroa NL, Berengut JC, Dzuba VA, Flambaum VV, Budker D, Antypas D. Precision Determination of Isotope Shifts in Ytterbium and Implications for New Physics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:073001. [PMID: 35244440 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.073001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report measurements of isotope shifts for the five spinless Yb isotopes on the 6s^{2} ^{1}S_{0}→5d6s ^{1}D_{2} transition using Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy. We combine these data with existing measurements on two transitions in Yb^{+} [Counts et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 123002 (2020)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.125.123002], where deviation from King-plot linearity showed hints of a new bosonic force carrier at the 3σ level. The combined data strongly reduce the significance of the new-physics signal. We show that the observed nonlinearity in the joint Yb/Yb^{+} King-plot analysis can be accounted for by the deformation of the Yb nuclei.
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- N L Figueroa
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Lange R, Peshkov AA, Huntemann N, Tamm C, Surzhykov A, Peik E. Lifetime of the ^{2}F_{7/2} Level in Yb^{+} for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:213001. [PMID: 34860090 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.213001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We report a measurement of the radiative lifetime of the ^{2}F_{7/2} level of ^{171}Yb^{+} that is coupled to the ^{2}S_{1/2} ground state via an electric octupole transition. The radiative lifetime is determined to be 4.98(25)×10^{7} s, corresponding to 1.58(8) yr. The result reduces the relative uncertainty in this exceptionally long excited state lifetime by 1 order of magnitude with respect to previous experimental estimates. Our method is based on the coherent excitation of the corresponding transition and avoids limitations through competing decay processes. The explicit dependence on the laser intensity is eliminated by simultaneously measuring the resonant Rabi frequency and the induced quadratic Stark shift. Combining the result with information on the dynamic differential polarizability permits a calculation of the transition matrix element to infer the radiative lifetime.
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- R Lange
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
- Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
- Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology, Langer Kamp 6a/b, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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Tinsley JN, Bandarupally S, Penttinen JP, Manzoor S, Ranta S, Salvi L, Guina M, Poli N. Watt-level blue light for precision spectroscopy, laser cooling and trapping of strontium and cadmium atoms. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:25462-25476. [PMID: 34614877 DOI: 10.1364/oe.429898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-power and narrow-linewidth laser light is a vital tool for atomic physics, being used for example in laser cooling and trapping and precision spectroscopy. Here we produce Watt-level laser radiation at 457.75 nm and 460.86 nm of respective relevance for the cooling transitions of cadmium and strontium atoms. This is achieved via the frequency doubling of a kHz-linewidth vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL), which is based on a novel gain chip design enabling lasing at > 2 W in the 915-928 nm region. Following an additional doubling stage, spectroscopy of the 1S0 → 1P1 cadmium transition at 228.87 nm is performed on an atomic beam, with all the transitions from all eight natural isotopes observed in a single continuous sweep of more than 4 GHz in the deep ultraviolet. The absolute value of the transition frequency of 114Cd and the isotope shifts relative to this transition are determined, with values for some of these shifts provided for the first time.
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Udrescu SM, Brinson AJ, Ruiz RFG, Gaul K, Berger R, Billowes J, Binnersley CL, Bissell ML, Breier AA, Chrysalidis K, Cocolios TE, Cooper BS, Flanagan KT, Giesen TF, de Groote RP, Franchoo S, Gustafsson FP, Isaev TA, Koszorús Á, Neyens G, Perrett HA, Ricketts CM, Rothe S, Vernon AR, Wendt KDA, Wienholtz F, Wilkins SG, Yang XF. Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:033001. [PMID: 34328758 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.033001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Isotope shifts of ^{223-226,228}Ra^{19}F were measured for different vibrational levels in the electronic transition A^{2}Π_{1/2}←X^{2}Σ^{+}. The observed isotope shifts demonstrate the particularly high sensitivity of radium monofluoride to nuclear size effects, offering a stringent test of models describing the electronic density within the radium nucleus. Ab initio quantum chemical calculations are in excellent agreement with experimental observations. These results highlight some of the unique opportunities that short-lived molecules could offer in nuclear structure and in fundamental symmetry studies.
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- S M Udrescu
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PY, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Survontie 9, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland
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- Institut de Physique Nucleaire d'Orsay, F-91406 Orsay, France
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute-PNPI, Gatchina, Leningrad district 188300, Russia
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- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100971, China
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Paul N, Bian G, Azuma T, Okada S, Indelicato P. Testing Quantum Electrodynamics with Exotic Atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:173001. [PMID: 33988393 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.173001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Precision study of few-electron, high-Z ions is a privileged field for probing high-field, bound-state quantum electrodynamics (BSQED). However, the accuracy of such tests is plagued by nuclear uncertainties, which are often larger than the BSQED effects under investigation. We propose an alternative method with exotic atoms and show that transitions may be found between circular Rydberg states where nuclear contributions are vanishing while BSQED effects remain large. When probed with newly available quantum sensing detectors, these systems offer gains in sensitivity of 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, while the mean electric field largely exceeds the Schwinger limit.
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- Nancy Paul
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Case 74; 4, place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Case 74; 4, place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
- Key Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, 100088 Beijing, China
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- Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Case 74; 4, place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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Gogyan A, Tecmer P, Zawada M. Multi-reference ab initio calculations of Hg spectral data and analysis of magic and zero-magic wavelengths. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:8654-8665. [PMID: 33820308 DOI: 10.1364/oe.416106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We have identified magic wavelengths for 1S0 ↔ 3P1,2 (mJ = 0) transitions and zero-magic wavelengths for the 3P1,2 (mJ = 0) states of 200Hg atoms, analysed the robustness of the magic conditions with respect to wavelength and polarization imperfections. We show that the most experimentally feasible magic wavelength for the 1S0 ↔ 3P2 transition is 351.8 nm of π polarized light. Relevant transition wavelengths and transition strengths are calculated using the state-of-the-art Complete Active Space Self-Consistent-Field (CASSCF) method with a perturbative inclusion of spin-orbit coupling. The transition wavelengths are a posteriori corrected for the dynamical energy using the second-order perturbation theory.
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Solaro C, Meyer S, Fisher K, Berengut JC, Fuchs E, Drewsen M. Improved Isotope-Shift-Based Bounds on Bosons beyond the Standard Model through Measurements of the ^{2}D_{3/2}-^{2}D_{5/2} Interval in Ca^{+}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:123003. [PMID: 33016767 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.123003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We perform high-resolution spectroscopy of the 3d ^{2}D_{3/2}-3d ^{2}D_{5/2} interval in all stable even isotopes of ^{A}Ca^{+} (A=40, 42, 44, 46, and 48) with an accuracy of ∼20 Hz using direct frequency-comb Raman spectroscopy. Combining these data with isotope shift measurements of the 4s ^{2}S_{1/2}↔3d ^{2}D_{5/2} transition, we carry out a King plot analysis with unprecedented sensitivity to coupling between electrons and neutrons by bosons beyond the standard model. Furthermore, we estimate the sensitivity to such bosons from equivalent spectroscopy in Ba^{+} and Yb^{+}. Finally, the data yield isotope shifts of the 4s ^{2}S_{1/2}↔3d ^{2}D_{3/2} transition at 10 parts per billion through combination with recent data of Knollmann, Patel, and Doret [Phys. Rev. A 100, 022514 (2019)PLRAAN2469-992610.1103/PhysRevA.100.022514].
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- Cyrille Solaro
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Theory Department, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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