Multiple wavelength frequency stabilization with a single transfer cavity for mercury optical lattice clock

Li Ma; Qixin Liu; Haiyang Song; Jianfang Sun; Zhen Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.103001

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 10, 103001(2024)

Multiple wavelength frequency stabilization with a single transfer cavity for mercury optical lattice clock

Li Ma^1,2, Qixin Liu^1,2, Haiyang Song^1,2, Jianfang Sun^1,3, and Zhen Xu^1,2,3、*

¹Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Wangzhijiang Innovation Center for Laser, Aerospace Laser Technology and System Department, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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