発表者名 |
岡村 圭太 |
指導教員名 |
香取 秀俊 教授・山口 敦史 委嘱准教授 |
発表題目(英語) |
Development of Nuclear Clocks Using Triply Charged thorium-229 in a Trap |
要旨(英語) |
Atomic clocks, such as cesium atomic clocks, have seen significant advancements aimed at improving performance. Developments include single-ion clocks and optical lattice clocks, which use optical frequencies as reference standards. Recently, nuclear clocks, particularly those based on the nuclear isomer of thorium-229, have gained increasing interest. Unlike conventional atomic clocks based on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks utilize nuclear transitions as their reference frequency. Since nuclear transitions are less susceptible to external perturbations, they hold the potential for even higher precision. We are aiming to develop an ion-trap-based nuclear clock. So far, we have successfully trapped the ions necessary for this clock. The next step is laser cooling, as the Doppler effect causes the ions to shift the frequency of absorbed laser light according to their velocity, which requires cooling the ions to low temperatures to mitigate this effect. In this presentation, I will first explain the fundamental concept of the thorium-229 nuclear clock and ion trap, followed by our approach to laser cooling of triply charged thorium, which is essential for realizing a highly precise nuclear clock. |
発表言語 |
日本語 |