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Toward a transportable microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled 113Cd+ ions

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A transportable microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled 113Cd+ ions is introduced, and its working principle and potential performance are discussed. Based on the experimental setup developed at JMI, the frequency of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of 113Cd+ is measured to within milliHertz uncertainty and its frequency stability is obtained.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by 973 Program (Grant No. 2010CB922901), Tsinghua University Scientific Research Initiative Program (Grant No. 20131080063), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grand No. 11304177).

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  1. NIM-THU Joint Institute for Measurement Science (JMI), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    J. W. Zhang, S. G. Wang, K. Miao, Z. B. Wang & L. J. Wang

  2. Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    J. W. Zhang, S. G. Wang, K. Miao, Z. B. Wang & L. J. Wang

  3. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    L. J. Wang

  4. State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    J. W. Zhang, Z. B. Wang & L. J. Wang

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Zhang, J.W., Wang, S.G., Miao, K. et al. Toward a transportable microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled 113Cd+ ions. Appl. Phys. B 114, 183–187 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5679-8

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