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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220801 (2008) [4 pages]

Magic Frequencies for Cesium Primary-Frequency Standard

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V. V. Flambaum and V. A. Dzuba
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

A. Derevianko
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA

Received 16 September 2008; published 26 November 2008

We consider microwave hyperfine transitions in the ground state of cesium and rubidium atoms which are presently used as the primary and the secondary frequency standards. The atoms are confined in an optical lattice generated by a circularly polarized laser field. We demonstrate that applying an external magnetic field with appropriately chosen direction may cancel dynamic Stark frequency shift making the frequency of the clock transition insensitive to the strengths of both the laser and the magnetic fields. This can be attained for practically any laser frequency which is sufficiently distant from a resonance.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.220801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.220801
PACS:
06.30.Ft, 37.10.Jk, 31.15.A−