Single ion fluorescence excited with a single mode of an UV frequency comb

Frequency combs are useful tools in high precision measurement including atomic transitions and atomic clocks. Here the authors demonstrate direct frequency comb spectroscopy to shorter wavelengths by probing a transition frequency in a trapped Mg+ ion using a single mode of a UV frequency comb.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akira Ozawa, Josue Davila-Rodriguez, James R. Bounds, Hans A. Schuessler, Theodor W. Hänsch, Thomas Udem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00067-9