Highly Charged Ions as a Basis of Optical Atomic Clockwork of Exceptional Accuracy

作者:Derevianko Andrei*; Dzuba V A; Flambaum V V
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2012, 109(18): 180801.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.180801

摘要

We propose a novel class of atomic clocks based on highly charged ions. We consider highly forbidden laser-accessible transitions within the 4f(12) ground-state configurations of highly charged ions. Our evaluation of systematic effects demonstrates that these transitions may be used for building exceptionally accurate atomic clocks which may compete in accuracy with recently proposed nuclear clocks.

  • 出版日期2012-10-31