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Quantum logic clock

August 23, 2023

A quantum clock is a type of atomic clock with laser cooled single ions confined together in an electromagnetic ion trap. Developed in 2010 by physicists at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the clock was 37 times more precise than the then-existing international standard.[1] The quantum logic clock is based on an aluminium spectroscopy ion with a logic atom.

Both the aluminum-based quantum clock and the mercury-based optical atomic clock track time by the ion vibration at an optical frequency using a UV laser, that is 100,000 times higher than the microwave frequencies used in NIST-F1 and other similar time standards around the world. Quantum clocks like this are able to be far more precise than microwave standards.

Accuracy

 
A NIST 2010 quantum logic clock based on a single aluminum ion

The NIST team are not able to measure clock ticks per second because the definition of a second is based on the standard NIST-F1, which cannot measure a machine more precise than itself. However, the aluminum ion clock's measured frequency to the current standard is 1121015393207857.4(7) Hz.[2] NIST have attributed the clock's accuracy to the fact that it is insensitive to background magnetic and electric fields, and unaffected by temperature.[3]

In March 2008, physicists at NIST described an experimental quantum logic clock based on individual ions of beryllium and aluminum. This clock was compared to NIST's mercury ion clock. These were the most accurate clocks that had been constructed, with neither clock gaining nor losing time at a rate that would exceed a second in over a billion years.[4]

In February 2010, NIST physicists described a second, enhanced version of the quantum logic clock based on individual ions of magnesium and aluminium. Considered the world's most precise clock in 2010 with a fractional frequency inaccuracy of 8.6 × 10−18, it offers more than twice the precision of the original.[5][6] In terms of standard deviation, the quantum logic clock deviates one second every 3.68 billion (3.68 × 109) years, while the then current international standard NIST-F1 Caesium fountain atomic clock uncertainty was about 3.1 × 10−16 expected to neither gain nor lose a second in more than 100 million (100 × 106) years.[7][8] In July 2019, NIST scientists demonstrated such a clock with total uncertainty of 9.4 × 10−19 (deviates one second every 33.7 billion years), which is the first demonstration of a clock with uncertainty below 10−18.[9][10][11]

Quantum time dilation

 
"Two clocks are depicted as moving in Minkowski space. Clock B is moving in a localized momentum wave packet with average momentum pB, while clock A is moving in a superposition of localized momentum wave packets with average momentum pA and p0A. Clock A experiences a quantum contribution to the time dilation it observes relative to clock B due to its nonclassical state of motion."[12]

In a 2020 paper scientists illustrated that and how quantum clocks could experience a possibly experimentally testable superposition of proper times via time dilation of the theory of relativity by which time passes slower for one object in relation to another object when the former moves at a higher velocity. In "quantum time dilation" one of the two clocks moves in a superposition of two localized momentum wave packets,[further explanation needed] resulting in a change to the classical time dilation.[13][14][12]

Other accurate experimental clocks

The accuracy of quantum-logic clocks was briefly superseded by optical lattice clocks based on strontium-87 and ytterbium-171 until 2019.[9][10][11] An experimental optical lattice clock was described in a 2014 Nature paper.[15] In 2015 JILA evaluated the absolute frequency uncertainty of their latest strontium-87 429 THz (429228004229873.0 Hz[16]) optical lattice clock at 2.1 × 10−18, which corresponds to a measurable gravitational time dilation for an elevation change of 2 cm (0.79 in) on planet Earth that according to JILA/NIST Fellow Jun Ye is "getting really close to being useful for relativistic geodesy".[17][18][19] At this frequency uncertainty, this JILA optical lattice optical clock is expected to neither gain nor lose a second in more than 15 billion (1.5 × 1010) years.[20]


See also

References

  1. ^ Ghose, Tia (5 February 2010). "Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock Puts Old Atomic Clock to Shame". Wired. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  2. ^ Rosenband, T.; Hume, D. B.; Schmidt, P. O.; Chou, C. W.; Brusch, A.; Lorini, L.; Oskay, W. H.; Drullinger, R. E.; Fortier, T. M.; Stalnaker, J. E.; Diddams, S. A.; Swann, W. C.; Newbury, N. R.; Itano, W. M.; Wineland, D. J.; Bergquist, J. C. (28 March 2008). "Frequency Ratio of Al+ and Hg+ Single-ion Optical Clocks; Metrology at the 17th Decimal Place" (PDF). Science. 319 (5871): 1808–1812. Bibcode:2008Sci...319.1808R. doi:10.1126/science.1154622. PMID 18323415. S2CID 206511320. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. ^ "Quantum Clock Proves to be as Accurate as World's Most Accurate Clock". azonano.com. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  4. ^ Swenson, Gayle (7 June 2010). "Press release: NIST 'Quantum Logic Clock' Rivals Mercury Ion as World's Most Accurate Clock". NIST.
  5. ^ NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, NIST, 4 February 2010
  6. ^ C.W Chou; D. Hume; J.C.J. Koelemeij; D.J. Wineland & T. Rosenband (17 February 2010). "Frequency Comparison of Two High-Accuracy Al+ Optical Clocks" (PDF). Physical Review Letters. 104 (7): 070802. arXiv:0911.4527. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.104g0802C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.070802. PMID 20366869. S2CID 13936087. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. ^ (Press release). National Institute of Standards and Technology. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-09-05. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  8. ^ "NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock: The Primary Time and Frequency Standard for the United States". NIST. August 26, 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  9. ^ a b Brewer, S. M.; Chen, J.-S.; Hankin, A. M.; Clements, E. R.; Chou, C. W.; Wineland, D. J.; Hume, D. B.; Leibrandt, D. R. (2019-07-15). "Al + 27 Quantum-Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below 10 − 18". Physical Review Letters. 123 (3): 033201. arXiv:1902.07694. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.033201. PMID 31386450. S2CID 119075546.
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  11. ^ a b Dubé, Pierre (2019-07-15). "Viewpoint: Ion Clock Busts into New Precision Regime". Physics. 12. doi:10.1103/Physics.12.79. S2CID 199119436.
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  14. ^ O'Callaghan, Jonathan. "Quantum Time Twist Offers a Way to Create Schrödinger's Clock". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  15. ^ Bloom, B. J.; Nicholson, T. L.; Williams, J. R.; Campbell, S. L.; Bishof, M.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, W.; Bromley, S. L.; Ye, J. (22 January 2014). "An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10–18 level". Nature. 506 (7486): 71–5. arXiv:1309.1137. Bibcode:2014Natur.506...71B. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04349-7. PMID 24463513. S2CID 4461081.
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A quantum clock is a type of atomic clock with laser cooled single ions confined together in an electromagnetic ion trap Developed in 2010 by physicists at the U S National Institute of Standards and Technology the clock was 37 times more precise than the then existing international standard 1 The quantum logic clock is based on an aluminium spectroscopy ion with a logic atom Both the aluminum based quantum clock and the mercury based optical atomic clock track time by the ion vibration at an optical frequency using a UV laser that is 100 000 times higher than the microwave frequencies used in NIST F1 and other similar time standards around the world Quantum clocks like this are able to be far more precise than microwave standards Contents 1 Accuracy 2 Quantum time dilation 3 Other accurate experimental clocks 4 See also 5 ReferencesAccuracy Edit A NIST 2010 quantum logic clock based on a single aluminum ionThe NIST team are not able to measure clock ticks per second because the definition of a second is based on the standard NIST F1 which cannot measure a machine more precise than itself However the aluminum ion clock s measured frequency to the current standard is 1121 015 393 207 857 4 7 Hz 2 NIST have attributed the clock s accuracy to the fact that it is insensitive to background magnetic and electric fields and unaffected by temperature 3 In March 2008 physicists at NIST described an experimental quantum logic clock based on individual ions of beryllium and aluminum This clock was compared to NIST s mercury ion clock These were the most accurate clocks that had been constructed with neither clock gaining nor losing time at a rate that would exceed a second in over a billion years 4 In February 2010 NIST physicists described a second enhanced version of the quantum logic clock based on individual ions of magnesium and aluminium Considered the world s most precise clock in 2010 with a fractional frequency inaccuracy of 8 6 10 18 it offers more than twice the precision of the original 5 6 In terms of standard deviation the quantum logic clock deviates one second every 3 68 billion 3 68 109 years while the then current international standard NIST F1 Caesium fountain atomic clock uncertainty was about 3 1 10 16 expected to neither gain nor lose a second in more than 100 million 100 106 years 7 8 In July 2019 NIST scientists demonstrated such a clock with total uncertainty of 9 4 10 19 deviates one second every 33 7 billion years which is the first demonstration of a clock with uncertainty below 10 18 9 10 11 Quantum time dilation Edit Two clocks are depicted as moving in Minkowski space Clock B is moving in a localized momentum wave packet with average momentum pB while clock A is moving in a superposition of localized momentum wave packets with average momentum pA and p0A Clock A experiences a quantum contribution to the time dilation it observes relative to clock B due to its nonclassical state of motion 12 In a 2020 paper scientists illustrated that and how quantum clocks could experience a possibly experimentally testable superposition of proper times via time dilation of the theory of relativity by which time passes slower for one object in relation to another object when the former moves at a higher velocity In quantum time dilation one of the two clocks moves in a superposition of two localized momentum wave packets further explanation needed resulting in a change to the classical time dilation 13 14 12 Other accurate experimental clocks EditThe accuracy of quantum logic clocks was briefly superseded by optical lattice clocks based on strontium 87 and ytterbium 171 until 2019 9 10 11 An experimental optical lattice clock was described in a 2014 Nature paper 15 In 2015 JILA evaluated the absolute frequency uncertainty of their latest strontium 87 429 THz 429228 004 229 873 0 Hz 16 optical lattice clock at 2 1 10 18 which corresponds to a measurable gravitational time dilation for an elevation change of 2 cm 0 79 in on planet Earth that according to JILA NIST Fellow Jun Ye is getting really close to being useful for relativistic geodesy 17 18 19 At this frequency uncertainty this JILA optical lattice optical clock is expected to neither gain nor lose a second in more than 15 billion 1 5 1010 years 20 See also EditAtomic clockReferences Edit Ghose Tia 5 February 2010 Ultra Precise Quantum Logic Clock Puts Old Atomic Clock to Shame Wired Retrieved 2010 02 07 Rosenband T Hume D B Schmidt P O Chou C W Brusch A Lorini L Oskay W H Drullinger R E Fortier T M Stalnaker J E Diddams S A Swann W C Newbury N R Itano W M Wineland D J Bergquist J C 28 March 2008 Frequency Ratio of Al and Hg Single ion Optical Clocks Metrology at the 17th Decimal Place PDF Science 319 5871 1808 1812 Bibcode 2008Sci 319 1808R doi 10 1126 science 1154622 PMID 18323415 S2CID 206511320 Retrieved 2013 07 31 Quantum Clock Proves to be as Accurate as World s Most Accurate Clock azonano com 7 March 2008 Retrieved 2012 11 06 Swenson Gayle 7 June 2010 Press release NIST Quantum Logic Clock Rivals Mercury Ion as World s Most Accurate Clock NIST NIST s Second Quantum Logic Clock Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World s Most Precise Clock Archived 2010 09 05 at the Wayback Machine NIST 4 February 2010 C W Chou D Hume J C J Koelemeij D J Wineland amp T Rosenband 17 February 2010 Frequency Comparison of Two High Accuracy Al Optical Clocks PDF Physical Review Letters 104 7 070802 arXiv 0911 4527 Bibcode 2010PhRvL 104g0802C doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 104 070802 PMID 20366869 S2CID 13936087 Retrieved 9 February 2011 NIST s Second Quantum Logic Clock Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World s Most Precise Clock Press release National Institute of Standards and Technology 4 February 2010 Archived from the original on 2010 09 05 Retrieved 2012 11 04 NIST F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock The Primary Time and Frequency Standard for the United States NIST August 26 2009 Retrieved 2 May 2011 a b Brewer S M Chen J S Hankin A M Clements E R Chou C W Wineland D J Hume D B Leibrandt D R 2019 07 15 Al 27 Quantum Logic Clock with a Systematic Uncertainty below 10 18 Physical Review Letters 123 3 033201 arXiv 1902 07694 doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 123 033201 PMID 31386450 S2CID 119075546 a b Wills Stewart July 2019 Optical Clock Precision Breaks New Ground a b Dube Pierre 2019 07 15 Viewpoint Ion Clock Busts into New Precision Regime Physics 12 doi 10 1103 Physics 12 79 S2CID 199119436 a b Smith Alexander R H Ahmadi Mehdi 23 October 2020 Quantum clocks observe classical and quantum time dilation Nature Communications 11 1 5360 arXiv 1904 12390 Bibcode 2020NatCo 11 5360S doi 10 1038 s41467 020 18264 4 ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 7584645 PMID 33097702 Available under CC BY 4 0 some content of it has been used here Timekeeping theory combines quantum clocks and Einstein s relativity phys org Retrieved 10 November 2020 O Callaghan Jonathan Quantum Time Twist Offers a Way to Create Schrodinger s Clock Scientific American Retrieved 10 November 2020 Bloom B J Nicholson T L Williams J R Campbell S L Bishof M Zhang X Zhang W Bromley S L Ye J 22 January 2014 An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10 18 level Nature 506 7486 71 5 arXiv 1309 1137 Bibcode 2014Natur 506 71B doi 10 1038 s41586 021 04349 7 PMID 24463513 S2CID 4461081 Yasuda Masami Ido Tetsuya Report from TCTF TCL JWG on Optical Frequency Metrology TCTF Meeting Delhi India 27 November 2017 APMP Asia Pacific Metrology Programme Retrieved 8 November 2021 T L Nicholson S L Campbell R B Hutson G E Marti B J Bloom R L McNally W Zhang M D Barrett M S Safronova G F Strouse W L Tew J Ye 21 April 2015 Systematic evaluation of an atomic clock at 2 10 18 total uncertainty Nature Communications 6 6896 arXiv 1412 8261 Bibcode 2015NatCo 6 6896N doi 10 1038 ncomms7896 PMC 4411304 PMID 25898253 JILA Scientific Communications 21 April 2015 About Time Archived from the original on 19 September 2015 Retrieved 27 June 2015 Laura Ost 21 April 2015 Getting Better All the Time JILA Strontium Atomic Clock Sets New Record National Institute of Standards and Technology Retrieved 17 October 2015 James Vincent 22 April 2015 The most accurate clock ever built only loses one second every 15 billion years The Verge Retrieved 26 June 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Quantum logic clock amp oldid 1170985589, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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