A Compact Microchip-Based Atomic Clock Based on Ultracold Trapped Rb Atoms

Details A Compact Microchip-Based Atomic Clock Based on Ultracold Trapped Rb Atoms A Compact Microchip-Based Atomic Clock Based on Ultracold Trapped Rb Atoms

2009-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/0912.4231v1

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 96, 093102 (2010)

Physics

Atomic Physics

15 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3327812

We propose a compact atomic clock based on ultracold Rb atoms that are magnetically trapped near the surface of an atom microchip. An interrogation scheme that combines electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) with Ramsey's method of separated oscillatory fields can achieve atomic shot-noise level performance of 10^{-13}/sqrt(tau) for 10^6 atoms. The EIT signal can be detected with a heterodyne technique that provides noiseless gain; with this technique the optical phase shift of a 100 pW probe beam can be detected at the photon shot-noise level. Numerical calculations of the density matrix equations are used to identify realistic operating parameters at which AC Stark shifts are eliminated. By considering fluctuations in these parameters, we estimate that AC Stark shifts can be canceled to a level better than 2*10^{-14}. An overview of the apparatus is presented with estimates of duty cycle and power consumption.

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