Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of the 6s-8s transition in cesium

Optics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 701-703

  Fendel, P ^a   Bergeson, S D ^a,b   Udem, Th ^a   Hansch T W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC STARK SHIFT; FREQUENCY COMBS; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOTON FREQUENCY COMB SPECTROSCOPY; PICOSECOND LASER;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CESIUM;

EID: 33847658419     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.000701     Document Type: Article

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