In the microwave 199Hg+ trapped-ion clock, the frequency instability degradation caused by the Dick effect is un- avoidable because of the periodical interrogating field. In this paper, the general expression of the ...In the microwave 199Hg+ trapped-ion clock, the frequency instability degradation caused by the Dick effect is un- avoidable because of the periodical interrogating field. In this paper, the general expression of the sensitivity function g(t) to the frequency fluctuation of the interrogating field with Nπ-pulse (N is odd) is derived. According to the measured phase noise of the 40.5-GHz microwave synthesizer, the Dick-effect limited Allan deviation of our 199Hg+ trapped-ion clock is worked out. The results indicate that the limited Allan deviations are about 1.75 ×10-13/√τ and 3.03 ×10-13/√τ respectively in the linear ion trap and in the two-segment extended linear ion trap under our present experimental parameters.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11074248 and 11474320)
文摘In the microwave 199Hg+ trapped-ion clock, the frequency instability degradation caused by the Dick effect is un- avoidable because of the periodical interrogating field. In this paper, the general expression of the sensitivity function g(t) to the frequency fluctuation of the interrogating field with Nπ-pulse (N is odd) is derived. According to the measured phase noise of the 40.5-GHz microwave synthesizer, the Dick-effect limited Allan deviation of our 199Hg+ trapped-ion clock is worked out. The results indicate that the limited Allan deviations are about 1.75 ×10-13/√τ and 3.03 ×10-13/√τ respectively in the linear ion trap and in the two-segment extended linear ion trap under our present experimental parameters.