Research Areas - (2) Continuous Superradiant Strontium Laser Clock

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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / Niels Bohr Institute | Quantum Metrology Group (Müller Lab) @ UCPH
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Jörg Müller's Quantum Metrology group works on next-generation optical atomic clocks and superradiant lasers. Key experiments: cold strontium continuous superradiant laser (subnatural linewidth, pushing beyond traditional clock limitations); microresonator-based frequency combs; ultra-stable optical reference cavities; and cavity QED many-atom systems for clocks and sensing. The group is part of the EU iqClock project targeting operational optical lattice clocks.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / Niels Bohr Institute | Quantum Metrology Group (Schäffer/Müller) @ UCPH
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Stefan Schäffer leads the Quantum Metrology group at NBI together with Jörg Müller. Research focuses on superradiant strontium lasers: (1) quasi-continuous superradiant lasing with sub-natural linewidth; (2) Ramsey spectroscopy enhanced by cavity sub-to-superradiant phase transitions for improved atomic clock sensing; (3) continuous atom beam for Dicke-effect-free superradiant interrogation. Key work published in PRL (2023) and Nature Communications (2024). Part of EU iqClock and ESA collaborations.