Precision spectroscopy of hydrogen and femtosecond laser frequency combs

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1834, 2005, Pages 2155-2163

  Hansch T W ^a,b   Alnls, J ^a,b   Fendel, P ^a,b   Fischer, M ^a,b   Gohle, C ^a,b   Herrmann, M ^a,b   Holzwarth, R ^a,b   Kolachevsky, N ^a,b   Udem, Th ^a,b   Zimmermann, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency combs; Fundamental constants; Hydrogen; Optical frequency metrology; Precision spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644436340     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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