An extrapolation method for polarisability assessments of ion-based optical clocks

We present a numerical method for extrapolating polarisability measurements to dc as sometimes done in the assessment of blackbody radiation shifts for ion-based optical clocks. The method explicitly accounts for the frequency dependence of relevant atomic transitions without introducing an ad hoc m...

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Main Authors: M D Barrett, K J Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ada4d1
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Summary:We present a numerical method for extrapolating polarisability measurements to dc as sometimes done in the assessment of blackbody radiation shifts for ion-based optical clocks. The method explicitly accounts for the frequency dependence of relevant atomic transitions without introducing an ad hoc modelling function. It incorporates a priori atomic structure calculations, which allows measurements to be augmented by calculations if there is insufficient data to make a purely measurement based estimate. The method also provides indicators of inconsistencies between theory and experiment or inadequacies of the data for making an extrapolation. We apply the method to Al ^+ , Lu ^+ , and Yb ^+ for the purposes of illustration.
ISSN:1367-2630