Observation of an Inner-Shell Orbital Clock Transition in Neutral Ytterbium Atoms
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- 石山, 泰樹
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- 小野, 滉貴
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- 高野, 哲至
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- 砂賀, 彩光
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- 高橋, 義朗
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
説明
We observe a weakly allowed optical transition of atomic ytterbium from the ground state to the metastable state 4f¹³5d6s² (J=2) for all five bosonic and two fermionic isotopes with resolved Zeeman and hyperfine structures. This inner-shell orbital transition has been proposed as a new frequency standard as well as a quantum sensor for new physics. We find magic wavelengths through the measurement of the scalar and tensor polarizabilities and reveal that the measured trap lifetime in a three-dimensional optical lattice is 1.9(1) s, which is crucial for precision measurements. We also determine the g factor by an interleaved measurement, consistent with our relativistic atomic calculation. This work opens the possibility of an optical lattice clock with improved stability and accuracy as well as novel approaches for physics beyond the standard model.
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- Physical Review Letters
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Physical Review Letters 130 (15), 2023-04
American Physical Society (APS)
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- CRID
- 1050577354309066240
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- ISSN
- 10797114
- 00319007
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- HANDLE
- 2433/281694
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- PubMed
- 37115891
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- 本文言語コード
- en
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- 資料種別
- journal article
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