A pyramid MOT with integrated optical cavities as a cold atom platform for an optical lattice clock.
2019
We realize a two-stage,
hexagonal pyramid
magneto-optical trap(MOT) with
strontium, and demonstrate loading of cold atoms into cavity-enhanced 1D and 2D
optical latticetraps, all within a single compact assembly of in-vacuum optics. We show that the device is suitable for high-performance
quantum technologies, focusing especially on its intended application as a
strontium
optical latticeclock. We prepare $2\times 10^4$ spin-polarized atoms of $^{87}$Sr in the
optical latticewithin 500 ms; we observe a vacuum-limited lifetime of atoms in the lattice of 27 s; and we measure a background DC electric field of 12 Vm$^{-1}$ from stray charges, corresponding to a fractional frequency shift of $(-1.2\times 0.8)\times 10^{-18}$ to the
strontiumclock transition. When used in combination with careful management of the blackbody radiation environment, the device shows potential as a platform for realizing a compact, robust, transportable
optical latticeclock with systematic uncertainty at the $10^{-18}$ level.
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