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Travis L Nicholson

Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90529, Durham, NC 27701
701 W. Main Street, Suite 2100 Chesterfield, Durham, NC 27701

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Optical lattice clocks with performance better than 1×10-17

Conference Optics Infobase Conference Papers · January 1, 2013 Two atomic clocks near the Quantum Projection Noise limit of 1000 atoms are compared better than 1×10-17 fractional stability. A systematic evaluation of one of the clocks shows an overall uncertainty below 1×10-17. © OSA 2013. ... Full text Cite

87Sr optical lattice clocks at JILA

Conference CPEM Digest Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements · October 3, 2012 We describe recent experimental progress with the JILA Sr optical frequency standard, which has a systematic uncertainty at the 10 -16 fractional frequency level, currently limited by frequency shifts due to atomic interactions and room temperat ... Full text Cite

Precision measurement of fermionic collisions using an 87Sr optical lattice clock with 1 x 10(-16) inaccuracy.

Conference IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · March 2010 We describe recent progress on the JILA Sr optical frequency standard, which has a systematic uncertainty at the 10(¿16) fractional frequency level. The dominant contributions to the systematic error are from blackbody radiation shifts and collisional shif ... Full text Cite

Quantum metrology with lattice-confined ultracold SR atoms

Conference Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology Isfsm 2008 · January 1, 2009 Quantum state engineering of ultracold matter and precise control of optical fields have together allowed accurate measurement of light-matter interactions for applications in precision tests of fundamental physics. State-of-the-art lasers maintain optical ... Full text Cite