Turquoise Magic Wavelength of the ${}^{87}$Sr Clock Transition

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18958v1
• Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:22:53 GMT
• Title: Turquoise Magic Wavelength of the ${}^{87}$Sr Clock Transition
• Authors: G. Kestler, R. J. Sedlik, E. C. Trapp, M. S. Safronova, J. T. Barreiro,
• Abstract summary: We experimentally measure the novel em magic wavelength to be $497.4363(3)$nm.<n>Compared to the 813nm em magic wavelength, 497nm is closer to the strong 461nm dipolar transition of strontium.<n>The proximity to the 461transition also leads to an enhanced sensitivity of 334Hz/(nm$E_R$) at the em magic wavelength.
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• Abstract: Optical lattice clocks of fermionic strontium offer a versatile platform for probing fundamental physics and developing quantum technologies. The bivalent electronic structure of strontium gives rise to a doubly-forbidden atomic transition that is accessible due to hyperfine mixing in fermionic strontium-87, thus resulting in a sub-millihertz natural linewidth. Currently, the most accurate optical lattice clocks operate on this narrow transition by tightly trapping strontium-87 atoms in a {\em magic} optical lattice at 813~nm. {\em Magic} wavelengths occur where the Stark shifts of both the ground and excited states are equivalent, thus eliminating any position and intensity-dependent broadening of the corresponding transition. Theoretical calculations of the electronic structure of strontium-87 have also predicted another {\em magic} wavelength of the clock transition at 497.01(57)~nm. In this work, we experimentally measure the novel {\em magic} wavelength to be $497.4363(3)$~nm. Compared to the 813~nm {\em magic} wavelength, 497~nm is closer to the strong 461~nm dipolar transition of strontium, resulting in larger atomic polarizability by an order of magnitude, providing deeper traps with less optical power. The proximity to the 461~transition also leads to an enhanced sensitivity of 334(10)~Hz/(nm\,$E_{R}$) at the {\em magic} wavelength.

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