Measurement of the g Factor of Ground-State Sr 87 at the Parts-per-Million Level Using Co-Trapped Ultracold Atoms

We demonstrate nuclear magnetic resonance of optically trapped ground-state ultracold Sr87 atoms. Using a scheme in which a cloud of ultracold Rb87 is co-trapped nearby, we improve the determination of the nuclear g factor, gI, of atomic Sr87 by more than two orders of magnitude, reaching accuracy at the parts-per-million level. We achieve similar accuracy in the ratio of relevant g factors between Rb and Sr. This establishes ultracold Sr87 as an excellent linear in-vacuum magnetometer. More generally, our Letter demonstrates how ultracold neutral atoms can be used for the precise determination of highly relevant atomic and nuclear magnetic properties. These results are important for ongoing efforts toward quantum simulation, quantum computation and optical atomic clocks employing Sr87, and other neutral alkaline-earth and alkaline-earth-like atoms.