Extended coherence time on the clock transition of optically trapped Rubidium

Details Extended coherence time on the clock transition of optically trapped Rubidium Extended coherence time on the clock transition of optically trapped Rubidium

2011-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2283v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 4 figures

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Optically trapped ensembles are of crucial importance for frequency measurements and quantum memories, but generally suffer from strong dephasing due to inhomogeneous density and light shifts. We demonstrate a drastic increase of the coherence time to 21 s on the magnetic field insensitive clock transition of Rb-87 by applying the recently discovered spin self-rephasing. This result confirms the general nature of this new mechanism and thus shows its applicability in atom clocks and quantum memories. A systematic investigation of all relevant frequency shifts and noise contributions yields a stability of 2.4E-11 x tau^(-1/2), where tau is the integration time in seconds. Based on a set of technical improvements, the presented frequency standard is predicted to rival the stability of microwave fountain clocks in a potentially much more compact setup.

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