Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 9, 0902001(2023)

Stability Improvement of Optical Lattice Clocks by Reducing Collision-Induced Decoherence and Broadening Spectrum Line

Chihua Zhou1,2, Xiaotong Lu1、*, Feng Guo1,2, Yebing Wang1,2, Ting Liang1, and Hong Chang1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710600, Shaanxi, China
  • 2School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Chihua Zhou, Xiaotong Lu, Feng Guo, Yebing Wang, Ting Liang, Hong Chang. Stability Improvement of Optical Lattice Clocks by Reducing Collision-Induced Decoherence and Broadening Spectrum Line[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(9): 0902001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics

    Received: Oct. 19, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 25, 2022

    Published Online: May. 9, 2023

    The Author Email: Lu Xiaotong (changhong@ntsc.ac.cn), Chang Hong (luxiaotong@ntsc.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS221849

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