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1S-2S transition frequency measurements in atomic hydrogen. N. Kolachevsky. MPQ. The Team. Mobile fountain clock. Hydrogen. Michel Abgrall Daniele Rovera Christophe Salomon Philippe Laurent.
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1S-2S transition frequency measurements in atomic hydrogen N. Kolachevsky MPQ
The Team Mobile fountain clock Hydrogen Michel AbgrallDaniele Rovera Christophe SalomonPhilippe Laurent Christian PartheyArthur MatveevJanis AlnisAxel BeyerNikolai KolachevskyRandolf PohlThomas UdemTheodor Häncsh Optical fiber link Katharina PredehlStefan DrosteRonald HolzwarthHarald SchnatzGesine GroscheThomas LegeroStefan Weyers Frequency comb Tobias WilkenBirgitta Benhardt Theory Ulrich JentsBrett Altschul
Hydrogen Levels (n = 1, 2) Hyperfine structure Dirac QED Bohr
Hydrogen Levels (n = 1, 2) Hyperfine structure Dirac QED Bohr
QED: Schrödinger in atomic units: Dirac in atomic units: Energy levels Schrödinger: recoil: finite nuclear size:
at 972 nm 8-photon process => Master oscillator Beat note diode - dye laser 972 nm diode laser with a 20 cm long external resonator and intra-cavity EOM
FP at zero expansion temperature Janis Alnis Typical drift @ Tc is of 50 mHz/s
FP1-FP2 Allan deviation Thermal noise limit
Comb-comb comparison setup 100 MHz system PLL Hydrogen maser I() Wenzel Chain 4 5 5 Distribution amplifier 1GHz Wenzel Chain 4 5 5 temperature stabilized Stabilized optical fiber Fiber Laser 250 MHz system PLL I() FP5 1542 nm 1GHz
Optical measurement of the 2S HFS In zero magnetic field B: known precisely to be measured 1420 405.751 768(1) Hz
2s HFS result - 2009 FFK‘2009 N. Kolachevskyet al., PRL 102, 213002 (2009)
LNM-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris Mobile fountain clock 34
Thank you for attention! C.G. Parthey et al., PRL 107, 203001 (2011)