Frequency ratio of an $^{115}$In$^+$ ion clock and a $^{87}$Sr optical lattice clock

Nozomi Ohtsubo, Ying Li, Nils Nemitz, Hidekazu Hachisu, Kensuke Matsubara, Tetsuya Ido, Kazuhiro Hayasaka

Published 2020-08-14Version 1

We report on the first frequency ratio measurement of an $^{115}$In+ single ion clock and a $^{87}$Sr optical lattice clock. A hydrogen maser serves as a reference oscillator to measure the ratio by independent optical combs. Over more than 90 000 seconds of measurement time, the frequency ratio $f_{\rm{In^+}}/f_{\rm{Sr}}$ is determined to be 2.952 748 749 874 863 4(21) with relative uncertainty of $7.0 \times 10^{-16}$. The measurement creates a new connection in the network of frequency ratios of optical clocks.