Design of a Low Uncertainty Ion Trap for a Transportable Ion Optical Clock

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Dube
Keyword(s):  
Ion Trap ◽  
Optical Clock ◽  
Low Uncertainty

A liquid nitrogen-cooled Ca+ optical clock with systematic uncertainty of 3×10-18

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Huang ◽  
Baolin Zhang ◽  
Mengyan Zeng ◽  
Yanmei Hao ◽  
Huaqing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Systematic Uncertainty ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Optical Clock ◽  
Probe Laser ◽  
Ion Temperature ◽  
Output Frequency ◽  
Doppler Cooling ◽  
Lower Heating

Abstract Here we present a liquid nitrogen-cooled Ca+ optical clock with an overall systematic uncertainty of 3×10-18. In contrast with the room-temperature Ca+ optical clock that we have reported previously, the temperature of the blackbody radiation (BBR) shield in vacuum has been reduced to 82(5) K using liquid nitrogen. An ion trap with a lower heating rate and improved cooling lasers were also introduced. This allows cooling the ion temperature to the Doppler cooling limit during the clock operation, and the systematic uncertainty due to the ion’s secular (thermal) motion is reduced to < 1×10-18. The uncertainty due to the probe laser light shift and the servo error are also reduced to < 1×10-19 and 4×10-19 with the hyper-Ramsey method and the higher-order servo algorithm, respectively. By comparing the output frequency of the cryogenic clock to that of a room-temperature clock, the differential BBR shift between the two was measured with a fractional statistical uncertainty of 7×10-18. The differential BBR shift was used to calculate the static differential polarizability, and it was found in excellent agreement with our previous measurement with a different method. This work suggests that the BBR shift of optical clocks can be well suppressed in a liquid nitrogen environment. This is advantageous because conventional liquid-helium cryogenic systems for optical clocks are more expensive and complicated. Moreover, the proposed system can be used to suppress the BBR shift significantly in other types of optical clocks such as Yb+, Sr+, Yb, Sr, etc.

scholarly journals Detection of the 5p – 4f orbital crossing and its optical clock transition in Pr9+

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bekker ◽  
A. Borschevsky ◽  
Z. Harman ◽  
C. H. Keitel ◽  
T. Pfeifer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Trap ◽  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Structure Constant ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Highly Charged Ions ◽  
Optical Clock ◽  
Fine Structure Constant ◽  
Low Sensitivity ◽  
Orbital Crossing ◽  
Charged Ions

AbstractRecent theoretical works have proposed atomic clocks based on narrow optical transitions in highly charged ions. The most interesting candidates for searches of physics beyond the Standard Model are those which occur at rare orbital crossings where the shell structure of the periodic table is reordered. There are only three such crossings expected to be accessible in highly charged ions, and hitherto none have been observed as both experiment and theory have proven difficult. In this work we observe an orbital crossing in a system chosen to be tractable from both sides: Pr$${}^{9+}$$9+. We present electron beam ion trap measurements of its spectra, including the inter-configuration lines that reveal the sought-after crossing. With state-of-the-art calculations we show that the proposed nHz-wide clock line has a very high sensitivity to variation of the fine-structure constant, $$\alpha$$α, and violation of local Lorentz invariance; and has extremely low sensitivity to external perturbations.

Reactivity Trends in the Gas Phase Addition of Acetylene to N-protonated Aryl Radical Cations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oisin Shiels ◽  
P. D. Kelly ◽  
Cameron C. Bright ◽  
Berwyck L. J. Poad ◽  
Stephen Blanksby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Similar Process ◽  
Ion Molecule Reactions ◽  
Aromatic Radicals ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Gas Phase Ion ◽  
Type Radical

<div> <div> <div> <p>A key step in gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) formation involves the addition of acetylene (or other alkyne) to σ-type aromatic radicals, with successive additions yielding more complex PAHs. A similar process can happen for N- containing aromatics. In cold diffuse environments, such as the interstellar medium, rates of radical addition may be enhanced when the σ-type radical is charged. This paper investigates the gas-phase ion-molecule reactions of acetylene with nine aromatic distonic σ-type radical cations derived from pyridinium (Pyr), anilinium (Anl) and benzonitrilium (Bzn) ions. Three isomers are studied in each case (radical sites at the ortho, meta and para positions). Using a room temperature ion trap, second-order rate coefficients, product branching ratios and reaction efficiencies are reported. </p> </div> </div> </div>

TRIGLYCERIDE COMPOSITION OF SIXTEEN STRAINS OF MARINE DIATOM

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily M.G. Panggabean ◽  
Abdullah Rasyid ◽  
Zarrah Duniani ◽  
Yana Meliana ◽  
Indah Kurniasih
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Double Bond ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Marine Diatom ◽  
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Spectra Analysis

Trigliceride or triacylglicerol (TAG) composition in crude oil of sixteen strain of marine diatom has been detected by spectra analyses on an Electrospray - Ion Trap – Mass Spectrometry (ESI-IT-MS) HCT Bruker-Daltonic GmbH instrument with AgNO3 used as coordination ionization agent. Biomass samples of each microalga strain were taken from early and late stationary cultures in f/2 enriched seawater and algal oils were extracted according to Bligh and Dyer. Results from spectra analysis showed that P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0) were distinguished in TAG from diatom strains Chaetoceros sp.1, Chaetoceros sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.1, Thalasiossira sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.3, Navicula sp. 1, Navicula sp. 2, Navicula sp. 3, Navicula sp. 4, Nitzschia sp. 2 and Amphora sp. In contrast, TAGs in Melosira sp. included P-P-P (C16:0-C16:0-C16:0) and P-P-O (C16:0-C16:0-C18:1) were identified. TAGs from Chaetoceros sp. were the most varies among samples, i.e. P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0), A-P-M (C20:4-C16:0-C14:0), P-Pt-Lt (C16:0-C16:1-C18:3), P-Pt-A (C16:0-C16:1-C20:4), D-P-P (C22:6-C16:0-C16:0), A-Ln-P (C20:4-C18:2-C16:0). Various TAGs were also detected in Nitzschia sp.2, i.e. P-Pt-M (C16:0-C16:1-C14:0), P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0), P-Pt-S (C16:0-C16:1-C18:0), P-Pt-A (C16:0-C16:1-C20:4). TAGs composition in Skeletonema strains that similar to those in Nitzschia sp.1 has longer carbon, i.e. P-P-O (C16:0-C16:0-C18:1), P-O-O (C16:0-C18:1-C18:1) and O-O-O (C18:1-C18:1-C18:1). TAGs with longer carbon chain and more double bond including highly unsaturated fatty acid C20:4 were increased with culture age in diatoms Chaetoceros sp.1, Chaetoceros sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.2, Navicula sp.1 and Nitzschia sp. 2.Keywords: diatom, TAG, ESI-IT-MS, f/2, early and late stationary

Electron spray ion trap mass spectrometry of isoflavones and isoflavone aglycones of Semen Sojae Praeparatum

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1108-1115
Author(s):  
Gao FANG ◽  
Peng ZHANG ◽  
Xiao-lan YE ◽  
Xia ZHU ◽  
Xin ZHAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Structure and Performance of Mesh Electrode Ion Trap Mass Analyzer

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Fu-Xing XU ◽  
Liang WANG ◽  
Yuan-Yuan WANG ◽  
Chuan-Fan DING
Keyword(s):  
Ion Trap ◽  
Mass Analyzer ◽  
And Performance
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