In:
Chinese Physics B, IOP Publishing, Vol. 31, No. 9 ( 2022-09-01), p. 090601-
Abstract:
Sideband cooling is a key technique for improving the performance of optical atomic clocks by preparing cold atoms and single ions into the ground vibrational state. In this work, we demonstrate detailed experimental research on pulsed Raman sideband cooling in a 171 Yb optical lattice clock. A sequence comprised of interleaved 578 nm cooling pulses resonant on the 1st-order red sideband and 1388 nm repumping pulses is carried out to transfer atoms into the motional ground state. We successfully decrease the axial temperature of atoms in the lattice from 6.5 μK to less than 0.8 μK in the trap depth of 24 μK, corresponding to an average axial motional quantum number 〈 n z 〉 〈 0.03. Rabi oscillation spectroscopy is measured to evaluate the effect of sideband cooling on inhomogeneous excitation. The maximum excitation fraction is increased from 0.8 to 0.86, indicating an enhancement in the quantum coherence of the ensemble. Our work will contribute to improving the instability and uncertainty of Yb lattice clocks.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1674-1056
DOI:
10.1088/1674-1056/ac5392
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2412147-2
