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Progress toward a microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled large scale 171Yb+ ion crystal

@inproceedings{Xin2022ProgressTA,
  title={Progress toward a microwave frequency standard based on laser-cooled large scale 171Yb+ ion crystal},
  author={N. C. Xin and H. R. Qin and S. N. Miao and Y. T. Chen and J. Z. Han and J. W. Zhang and L. J. Wang},
  year={2022},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:245837652}
}
We report on progress towards a microwave frequency standard based on a laser-cooled 171Yb+ ion trap system. The electronics, lasers, and magnetic shields are integrated into a single physical package. With over 1E5 ions are stably trapped, the system offers a high signal-to-noise ratio Ramsey line-shape. In comparison with previous work, the frequency instability of a 171Yb+ microwave clock was further improved to $8.5 \times {10^{ - 13}}/\sqrt \tau$ for averaging times between 10 and 1000 s. 
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