A clock with 8 × 10−19 systematic uncertainty

A clock with 8 × 10−19 systematic uncertainty

June 11, 2024 | Alexander Aeppli1, Kyungtae Kim1, William Warfield1, Marianna S. Safronova2, and Jun Ye1*
The authors report a significant improvement in the systematic uncertainty of an optical lattice clock, achieving a total uncertainty of \(8.1 \times 10^{-19}\) in fractional frequency units. This represents the lowest uncertainty recorded for any clock to date. The clock uses a dilute ensemble of fermionic strontium atoms trapped in a vertically-oriented, shallow, one-dimensional optical lattice. Key advancements include precise control of collisional shifts and the lattice light shift, as well as a revised blackbody radiation (BBR) shift correction by evaluating the \(5s4d^{3}D_{1}\) lifetime. The second-order Zeeman coefficient for the least magnetically sensitive clock transition is also measured, with all other systematic effects having uncertainties below \(1 \times 10^{-19}\). The BBR shift is the most significant source of uncertainty, and future cryogenic operation is expected to reduce this uncertainty to the low \(10^{-19}\) level.The authors report a significant improvement in the systematic uncertainty of an optical lattice clock, achieving a total uncertainty of \(8.1 \times 10^{-19}\) in fractional frequency units. This represents the lowest uncertainty recorded for any clock to date. The clock uses a dilute ensemble of fermionic strontium atoms trapped in a vertically-oriented, shallow, one-dimensional optical lattice. Key advancements include precise control of collisional shifts and the lattice light shift, as well as a revised blackbody radiation (BBR) shift correction by evaluating the \(5s4d^{3}D_{1}\) lifetime. The second-order Zeeman coefficient for the least magnetically sensitive clock transition is also measured, with all other systematic effects having uncertainties below \(1 \times 10^{-19}\). The BBR shift is the most significant source of uncertainty, and future cryogenic operation is expected to reduce this uncertainty to the low \(10^{-19}\) level.
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