First Evaluation and Frequency Measurement of the Strontium Optical Lattice Clock at NIM

Yi Ge Lin*, Qiang Wang, Ye Li, Fei Meng, Bai Ke Lin, Er Jun Zang, Zhen Sun, Fang Fang, Tian Chu Li, Zhan Jun Fang

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Abstract

An optical lattice clock based on 87Sr is built at National Institute of Metrology (NIM) of China. The systematic frequency shifts of the clock are evaluated with a total uncertainty of 2.310?16. To measure its absolute frequency with respect to NIMs cesium fountain clock NIM5, the frequency of a flywheel H-maser of NIM5 is transferred to the Sr laboratory through a 50-km-long fiber. A fiber optical frequency comb, phase-locked to the reference frequency of this H-maser, is used for the optical frequency measurement. The absolute frequency of this Sr clock is measured to be 429228004229873.7(1.4) Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Article number090601
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume32
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2015
Externally publishedYes

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Lin, Y. G., Wang, Q., Li, Y., Meng, F., Lin, B. K., Zang, E. J., Sun, Z., Fang, F., Li, T. C., & Fang, Z. J. (2015). First Evaluation and Frequency Measurement of the Strontium Optical Lattice Clock at NIM. Chinese Physics Letters, 32(9), Article 090601. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/32/9/090601