発表者名 |
川畑 光瑠 |
指導教員名 |
香取 秀俊 教授 |
発表題目(英語) |
Miniaturization of a cold atom source for a portable and high-precision optical lattice clock |
要旨(英語) |
In optical lattice clocks based on alkaline-earth(-like) atoms, Zeeman slowers have traditionally been used to decelerate atoms sublimated from solid sources until they can be cooled and trapped by a magneto-optical trap (MOT). However, these Zeeman slowers are one of the main obstacles to miniaturization and portability. Meanwhile, from the perspective of clock precision, the dominant sources of systematic uncertainty in the clock frequency are the blackbody radiation (BBR) shift and, secondarily, the lattice-induced light shift. To suppress the BBR shift, previous approaches have transported the cold atoms into a BBR-shielded environment using a moving optical lattice. However, the moving lattice itself introduced additional frequency shifts, presenting a new source of frequency.
This study aims to realize a compact, portable, and high-precision optical lattice clock by combining two novel approaches: (1) laser cooling and trapping of atoms without using a Zeeman slower, and (2) magnetic guiding of atoms to the spectroscopy region to suppress frequency shifts caused by both BBR and the optical lattice itself. This strategy significantly establishes a foundation for future applications, such as high-sensitivity measurements of gravitational redshift, monitoring of crustal deformation, and tests of fundamental physical constants. In this presentation, we introduce the proposed configuration of the optical lattice clock and its theoretical basis, and report our experimental achievement of successfully cooling and trapping atoms using a MOT without a Zeeman slower. |
発表言語 |
日本語 |