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Table 4 Fractional frequency shifts and uncertainties from different systematic effects in the 171Yb+ electric octupole clock at PTB [90]

From: Measuring the stability of fundamental constants with a network of clocks

171Yb+ effect

Shift /10−18

Uncertainty /10−18

Blackbody radiation (environment)

−70.5

1.3

Blackbody radiation (coefficient)

–

1.3

Second-order Doppler

−2.3

1.5

Probe light

0.0

0.8

Quadratic d.c. Stark

−0.8

0.6

Quadrupole

−5.7

0.5

Background gas

0.0

0.5

Second-order Zeeman

−10.4

0.2

Servo

0.0

0.2

Total

 

2.7