Precise measurement of h/mRb using Bloch oscillations in a vertical optical lattice: Determination of the fine-structure constant

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Cladé, Pierre ^a,b   De Mirandes, Estefania ^a   Cadoret, Malo ^a   Guellati Khélifa, Saïda ^a,c   Schwob, Catherine ^a   Nez, François ^a   Julien, Lucile ^a   Biraben, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

^c Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE-STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; GLOBAL RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; OPTICAL LATTICE;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COHERENT LIGHT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 33751213097     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.052109     Document Type: Article

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