Towards a compact, optically-interrogated, cold-atom microwave clock

Rachel Elvin; Michael W. Wright; Ben Lewis; Brendan L. Keliehor; Alan Bregazzi; James P. McGilligan; Aidan S. Arnold; Paul F. Griffin; Erling Riis

doi:10.1515/aot-2020-0022

Towards a compact, optically-interrogated, cold-atom microwave clock

Rachel Elvin, Michael W. Wright, Ben Lewis, Brendan L. Keliehor, Alan Bregazzi, James P. McGilligan, Aidan S. Arnold, Paul F. Griffin, Erling Riis

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Abstract

A compact platform for cold atoms opens a range of exciting possibilities for portable, robust, and accessible quantum sensors. In this work we report on the development of a cold-atom microwave clock in a small package. Our work utilises the grating magneto-optical trap and high-contrast coherent population trapping in the lin⊥lin polarisation scheme. We optically probe the atomic round-state splitting of cold 87Rb atoms using a Ramsey-like sequence whilst the atoms are in free-fall. We have measured a
short-term fractional frequency stability of 5×10−11/√t with a projected quantum projection noise limit at the 10 −13/√t level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-303
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advanced Optical Technologies
Volume	9
Issue number	5
Early online date	7 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/aot-2020-0022
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2020

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CPT
atomic clock
coherent population trapping
cold atoms

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Hastie, J. (Principal Investigator), Arnold, A. (Co-investigator), Griffin, P. (Co-investigator), Kemp, A. (Co-investigator) & Riis, E. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/14 → 30/11/19
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Elvin, R. (Creator), Wright, M. (Contributor), Hoth, G. (Contributor), Lewis, B. (Contributor), Bregazzi, A. (Contributor), Keliehor, B. (Contributor), Arnold, A. (Contributor), Griffin, P. (Contributor) & Riis, E. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 17 Sept 2020
DOI: 10.15129/4e8355df-93df-4157-a0cb-44953ff3dd20
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