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Irina Novikova1, David E Phillips, Alexander S Zibrov
1Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cainbridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. i.novikova@osa.org
Abstract:
We demonstrate that first-order light shifts can be canceled for an all-optical, three-photon-absorption resonance (N-resonance) on the D1 transition of 87Rb. This light-shift cancellation facilitates improved frequency stability for an N-resonance clock. For example, by using a tabletop apparatus designed for N-resonance spectroscopy, we measured a short-term fractional frequency stability (Allan deviation) of approximately/= 1.5 x 10(-11) tao1/2 for observation times of 1 s < or = tao < or = 50 s. Further improvements in frequency stability should be possible with an apparatus designed as a dedicated N-resonance clock.
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