Stability Transfer between Two Clock Lasers Operating at Different Wavelengths for Absolute Frequency Measurement of Clock Transition in 87Sr

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates transferring stability between two different wavelength clock lasers using an optical frequency comb, enabling more efficient evaluation of the Sr optical lattice clock's frequency shifts and precise measurement of the clock transition.

Contribution

The study introduces a method to transfer stability between clock lasers at different wavelengths, improving measurement efficiency and accuracy in optical lattice clocks.

Findings

Achieved stability transfer between 729 nm and 698 nm lasers.

Enabled shorter averaging times for systematic shift evaluation.

Measured the absolute frequency of the 87Sr clock transition with high precision.

Abstract

We demonstrated transferring the stability of one highly stable clock laser operating at 729 nm to another less stable laser operating at 698 nm. The two different wavelengths were bridged using an optical frequency comb. The improved stability of the clock laser at 698 nm enabled us to evaluate the systematic frequency shifts of the Sr optical lattice clock with shorter averaging time. We determined the absolute frequency of the clock transition 1S0 - 3P0 in 87Sr to be 429 228 004 229 873.9 (1.4) Hz referenced to the SI second on the geoid via International Atomic Time (TAI).