Measurement of Optical Rubidium Clock Frequency Spanning 65 Days

Optical clocks are emerging as next-generation timekeeping devices with technological and scientific use cases. Simplified atomic sources such as vapor cells may offer a straightforward path to field use, but suffer from long-term frequency drifts and environmental sensitivities. Here, we measure a...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2022-03, Vol.22 (5), p.1982
Main Authors: Lemke, Nathan D, Martin, Kyle W, Beard, River, Stuhl, Benjamin K, Metcalf, Andrew J, Elgin, John D
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atomic clock
Calibration
Clocks
Clocks & watches
Drift rate
Helium
helium permeation
Humidity
Hydrogen
Laboratories
Noise
two-photon spectroscopy
Vacuum apparatus
Vapors
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description Optical clocks are emerging as next-generation timekeeping devices with technological and scientific use cases. Simplified atomic sources such as vapor cells may offer a straightforward path to field use, but suffer from long-term frequency drifts and environmental sensitivities. Here, we measure a laboratory optical clock based on warm rubidium atoms and find low levels of drift on the month-long timescale. We observe and quantify helium contamination inside the glass vapor cell by gradually removing the helium via a vacuum apparatus. We quantify a drift rate of 4×10-15/day, a 10 day Allan deviation less than 5×10-15, and an absolute frequency of the Rb-87 two-photon clock transition of 385,284,566,371,190(1970) Hz. These results support the premise that optical vapor cell clocks will be able to meet future technology needs in navigation and communications as sensors of time and frequency.
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Noise
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