20 years of developments in optical frequency comb technology and applications

T Fortier, E Baumann - Communications Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs were developed nearly two decades ago to support the world's
most precise atomic clocks. Acting as precision optical synthesizers, frequency combs …

Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Frequency ratio measurements at 18-digit accuracy using an optical clock network

Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Atomic clocks are vital in a wide array of technologies and experiments, including tests of
fundamental physics. Clocks operating at optical frequencies have now demonstrated …

Atomic clock performance enabling geodesy below the centimetre level

WF McGrew, X Zhang, RJ Fasano, SA Schäffer… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The passage of time is tracked by counting oscillations of a frequency reference, such as
Earth's revolutions or swings of a pendulum. By referencing atomic transitions, frequency …

Geodesy and metrology with a transportable optical clock

J Grotti, S Koller, S Vogt, S Häfner, U Sterr, C Lisdat… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Optical atomic clocks, due to their unprecedented stability,–and uncertainty,,–, are already
being used to test physical theories, and herald a revision of the International System of …

Ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and frequency combs: principles, status, and applications

J Kim, Y Song - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We review the most recent progress in ultralow-noise mode-locked fiber lasers and fiber-
based frequency-comb sources. With the rapid progress in theory, measurement, and …

The CIPM list of recommended frequency standard values: guidelines and procedures

F Riehle, P Gill, F Arias, L Robertsson - Metrologia, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A list of standard reference frequency values (LoF) of quantum transitions from the
microwave to the optical regime has been recommended by the International Committee for …

Ultrastable optical clock with two cold-atom ensembles

M Schioppo, RC Brown, WF McGrew, N Hinkley… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Atomic clocks based on optical transitions are the most stable, and therefore precise,
timekeepers available. These clocks operate by alternating intervals of atomic interrogation …

Optical clock networks

F Riehle - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Within the last decade, optical atomic clocks have surpassed the best cesium clocks, which
are used to realize the unit of time and frequency, in terms of accuracy and stability by about …

Atomic clocks for geodesy

TE Mehlstäubler, G Grosche, C Lisdat… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review experimental progress on optical atomic clocks and frequency transfer, and
consider the prospects of using these technologies for geodetic measurements. Today …