Single-atomic-ensemble dual-wavelength optical frequency standard

Jie Miao; Jingming Chen; Deshui Yu; Qiaohui Yang; Duo Pan; Jingbiao Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.547242

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 3, 721(2025)

Single-atomic-ensemble dual-wavelength optical frequency standard Editors' Pick

Jie Miao¹, Jingming Chen¹, Deshui Yu², Qiaohui Yang¹, Duo Pan^1、*, and Jingbiao Chen^1,3

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Institute of Quantum Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China

³Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China

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Paper Information

Category: Spectroscopy

Received: Nov. 6, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 8, 2025

Published Online: Feb. 27, 2025

The Author Email: Duo Pan (panduo@pku.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.547242

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