Prospects for a Solid-State Nuclear Clock
1. Frequency ratio of the 229mTh nuclear isomeric transition and the 87Sr atomic clock
Authors: Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins, Jack F. Doyle, Lars von der Wense, Kjeld Beeks, Adrian Leitner, Georgy A. Kazakov, Peng Li, Peter G. Thirolf, Thorsten Schumm, and Jun Ye
Nature 633, pages 63–70 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07839-6
2. Temperature Sensitivity of a thorium-229 Solid-State Nuclear Clock
Authors: Jacob S. Higgins, Tian Ooi, Jack F. Doyle, Chuankun Zhang, Jun Ye, Kjeld Beeks, Tomas Sikorsky, and Thorsten Schumm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 113801 (2025), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.113801
3. Frequency reproducibility of solid-state Th-229 nuclear clocks
Authors: Tian Ooi, Jack F. Doyle, Chuankun Zhang, Jacob S. Higgins, Jun Ye, Kjeld Beeks, Tomas Sikorsky, and Thorsten Schumm
arXiv:2507.01180 [Nature (in press)], DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.01180
Recommended with a commentary by
Steven M. Girvin (Yale Quantum Institute) and Leo Radzihovsky (University of Colorado)
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2025_01
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