Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Blackbody radiation shift assessment for a lutetium ion clock

  • K. J. Arnold,
  • R. Kaewuam,
  • A. Roy,
  • T. R. Tan,
  • M. D. Barrett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04079-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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There is a continuous effort to improve the accuracy of atomic clocks. Here the authors measure the static differential scalar polarizability of Lutetium ion resonant transitions and its lower light shift from blackbody radiation makes it a promising candidate for ion-based atomic clocks.