Phase-coherent measurement of the hydrogen 1S-2S frequency with an optical frequency interval divider chain

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-168

  Udem, Thomas ^a   Huber, Andreas ^a   Weitz, Martin ^a   Leibfried, Dietrich ^a,b   König, Wolfgang ^a   Prevedelli, Marco ^a,c   Dimitriev, Alexander ^d   Geiger, Harald ^a   Hänsch, Theodor W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fundamental constants; Hydrogen spectroscopy; Metrology; Optical frequency comb generator; Optical frequency interval divider; Optical frequency measurement

Indexed keywords

HELIUM NEON LASERS; HYDROGEN; SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY INTERVAL DIVIDER CHAINS; PHASE COHERENT FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

EID: 0031123644     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.571803     Document Type: Article

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