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Prospects for a mHz-linewidth laser

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D. Meiser, Jun Ye, D. R. Carlson, M. J. Holland

Quantum Physics · Submitted 20 Jan 2009

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The authors' main claim Realizing this light source has the potential to improve the stability of the best clocks by two orders of magnitude.

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CitationD. Meiser, D. R. Carlson, Jun Ye, M. J. Holland. "Prospects for a mHz-linewidth laser." arXiv:0901.3105 (2009). https://pith.science/paper/PPF4SY6D
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We propose a new light source based on having alkaline-earth atoms in an optical lattice collectively emit photons on an ultra-narrow clock transition into the mode of a high Q-resonator. The resultant optical radiation has an extremely narrow linewidth in the mHz range, even smaller than that of the clock transition itself due to collective effects. A power level of order $10^{-12}W$ is possible, sufficient for phase-locking a slave optical local oscillator. Realizing this light source has the potential to improve the stability of the best clocks by two orders of magnitude.

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s0 We propose a new light source based on having alkaline-earth atoms in an optical lattice collectively emit photons on an ultra-narrow clock transition into the mode of a high Q-resonator. contribution 0.99 0.26 0.16 asserted 0.59
s1 The resultant optical radiation has an extremely narrow linewidth in the mHz range, even smaller than that of the clock transition itself due to collective effects. result 0.97 0.32 0.47 asserted 0.99
s2 A power level of order $10^{-12}W$ is possible, sufficient for phase-locking a slave optical local oscillator. result 0.92 0.39 0.09 hedged possibility 0.98
s3 Realizing this light source has the potential to improve the stability of the best clocks by two orders of magnitude. interpretation 0.99 0.15 0.56 hedged possibility 0.98

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We propose a new light source based on having alkaline-earth atoms in an optical lattice collectively emit photons on an ultra-narrow clock transition into the mode of a high Q-resonator. The resultant optical radiation has an extremely narrow linewidth in the mHz range, even smaller than that of the clock transition itself due to collective effects. A power level of order $10^{-12}W$ is possible, sufficient for phase-locking a slave optical local oscillator. Realizing this light source has the potential to improve the stability of the best clocks by two orders of magnitude.

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  • Made three extensions to the two-level superradiant laser model presented in this paper in constructing its model of a steady-state Raman laser.

    Linear response theory for superradiant lasers (2013) · 1.00 · paraphrased: the licence does not allow quoting

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  • Our results provide a simple tool to understand and optimize collective scattering in inhomogeneous extended ensembles, as can be found, e.g., in astrophysics [ref] , solids [ref] , waveguide QED [ref] , novel atomic clocks [ref] , and quantum optics [ref] .

    $N$ Scaling of Large-Sample Collective Decay in Inhomogeneous Ensembles · Conclusion and Outlook · 0.87

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