Measurement of the hydrogen 1S-2S transition frequency by phase coherent comparison with a microwave cesium fountain clock

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5496-5499

  Niering, M ^a   Holzwarth, R ^a   Reichert, J ^a   Pokasov, P ^a,d   Udem, Th ^a   Weitz, M ^a   Hansch T W ^a   Lemonde, P ^b   Santarelli, G ^b   Abgrall, M ^b   Laurent, P ^b   Salomon, C ^c   Clairon, A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DYE LASERS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; HYDROGEN; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COLD ATOMIC BEAM; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON TRANSITION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0033703942     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5496     Document Type: Article

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