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Absolute frequency measurement of molecular iodine hyperfine transitions at 647 nm

Atomic Physics 2018-05-23 v2

Abstract

We report absolute frequency measurements of the molecular iodine P(46) 5-4 a1a_{1}, a10a_{10}, and a15a_{15} hyperfine transitions at 647 nm with a fiber-based frequency comb. The light source is based on a Littrow-type external-cavity diode laser. A frequency stability of 5 ×\times 1012^{-12} at a 200 s integration time is achieved when the light source is stabilized to the P(46) 5-4 a15a_{15} line. The pressure shift is determined to be -8.3(7) kHz/Pa. Our determination of the line centers reached a precision of 21 kHz. The light source can serve as a reference laser for lithium atom spectroscopy (2P3P2P \to 3P).

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@article{arxiv.1710.09533,
  title  = {Absolute frequency measurement of molecular iodine hyperfine transitions at 647 nm},
  author = {Yao-Chin Huang and Yu-Chan Guan and Te-Hwei Suen and Jow-Tsong Shy and Li-Bang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.09533},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 7 figures