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Indium Single-Ion Optical Frequency Standard

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We are investigating the 5 s 2 1 S 0 → 5 s 5 p 3 P 0 transition of a single trapped laser-cooled 115In+ ion as a candidate for an optical frequency standard. This line with a natural linewidth of only 0.8 Hz is highly immune to systematic frequency shifts. For sideband laser cooling and fluorescence detection of the indium ion the 5 s 2 1 S 0 → 5 s 5 p 3 P 1 transition at 230.6 nm is excited. Temperatures below 100 μK and a mean vibrational quantum number \( \left\langle n \right\rangle < 1 \) of the ion in the trap have been reached. For the clock transition a resolution of 1.3·10-13 (linewidth 170 Hz) has been obtained so far, limited by the short term frequency fluctuations of the clock laser. The absolute frequency of the 1 S 0 → 3 P 0 transition was measured by making a link to the reference frequency of the methane-stabilised HeNe laser using a frequency chain.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Thomas Becker, Mario Eichenseer, Alexander Yu. Nevsky, Ekkehard Peik, Christian Schwedes, Mikhail N. Skvortsov, Joachim von Zanthier & Herbert Walther

  2. Sektion Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

    Thomas Becker, Mario Eichenseer, Ekkehard Peik, Christian Schwedes, Joachim von Zanthier & Herbert Walther

  3. Institute of Laser Physics, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Alexander Yu. Nevsky & Mikhail N. Skvortsov

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  1. D.I. Mendeleev Institute for Metrology, 198005, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Savely G. Karshenboim

  2. MPI for Quantum Optics, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Savely G. Karshenboim  & T.W. Hänsch  & 

  3. Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa, Italy

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  4. Dept.of Physics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    F.S. Pavone

  5. LENS and INFM, University of Florence, 50125, Florence, Italy

    F.S. Pavone

  6. Dept. of Physics and LENS, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    M. Inguscio

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Becker, T. et al. (2001). Indium Single-Ion Optical Frequency Standard. In: Karshenboim, S.G., Bassani, F., Pavone, F., Inguscio, M., Hänsch, T. (eds) The Hydrogen Atom. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 570. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45395-4_37

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