Nature Communications (Jul 2018)
In-orbit operation of an atomic clock based on laser-cooled 87Rb atoms
- Liang Liu,
- De-Sheng Lü,
- Wei-Biao Chen,
- Tang Li,
- Qiu-Zhi Qu,
- Bin Wang,
- Lin Li,
- Wei Ren,
- Zuo-Ren Dong,
- Jian-Bo Zhao,
- Wen-Bing Xia,
- Xin Zhao,
- Jing-Wei Ji,
- Mei-Feng Ye,
- Yan-Guang Sun,
- Yuan-Yuan Yao,
- Dan Song,
- Zhao-Gang Liang,
- Shan-Jiang Hu,
- Dun-He Yu,
- Xia Hou,
- Wei Shi,
- Hua-Guo Zang,
- Jing-Feng Xiang,
- Xiang-Kai Peng,
- Yu-Zhu Wang
Affiliations
- Liang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- De-Sheng Lü
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wei-Biao Chen
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Tang Li
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qiu-Zhi Qu
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Bin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lin Li
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wei Ren
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zuo-Ren Dong
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jian-Bo Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wen-Bing Xia
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xin Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jing-Wei Ji
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mei-Feng Ye
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yan-Guang Sun
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yuan-Yuan Yao
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dan Song
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhao-Gang Liang
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shan-Jiang Hu
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dun-He Yu
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xia Hou
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wei Shi
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hua-Guo Zang
- Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jing-Feng Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiang-Kai Peng
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yu-Zhu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05219-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Cold atom clocks are among the most precise measuring devices and play key roles in everyday life and scientific explorations. Here the authors demonstrate the first in-orbit atomic clock using cold Rb atoms operating in microgravity and opening possibilities of space surveys and tests of fundamental physics.
