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Table 5 Clock properties at three lattice wavelengths. The intensity is that needed for a depth of 10 μK, and the sensitivity to frequency is calculated at that intensity

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

Wavelength \(\lambda _{\text{latt}}\) [nm]

Trap sites

Intensity \(I_{\text{latt}}\) [W cm−2]

\(\frac{1}{f_{0}}\frac{d f_{0}}{d f_{\text{latt}}}\) [MHz−1]

\(\frac{1}{f_{0}}\frac{d f_{0}}{d I_{\text{latt}}}\) [\((\text{W cm} ^{-2})^{-1}\)]

554.0

Nodes

1.8 × 104

6 × 10−17

0

600.1

Nodes

7.0 × 102

1 × 10−16

0

695.7

Antinodes

9.5 × 103

5 × 10−19

0

1064

Antinodes

2.5 × 104

3 × 10−20

2 × 10−16