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Precise Frequency Measurement of the 2$^{1}$S$_{0}$-3$^{1}$D$_{2}$ Two-Photon Transition in atomic $^{4}$He

Atomic Physics 2018-04-04 v1

Abstract

We present the first precise frequency measurement of the 21^{1}S0_{0}-31^{1}D2_{2} two-photon transition in 4^{4}He at 1009 nm. The laser source at 1009 nm is stabilized on an optical frequency comb to perform the absolute frequency measurement. The absolute frequency of 21^{1}S0_{0}-31^{1}D2_{2} transition is experimentally determined to be 594 414 291 803(13) kHz with a relative uncertainty of 1.6 ×\times 1011^{-11} which is more precise than previous determination by a factor of 25. Combined with the theoretical ionization energy of the 31^{1}D2_{2} state, the ionization energy of the 21^{1}S0_{0} state is determined to be 960 332 040 866(24) kHz. In addition, the deduced 21^{1}S0_{0} and 23^{3}S1_{1} Lamb shifts are 2806.817(24) and 4058.8(24) MHz respectively which are 1.6 times better than previous determinations.

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@article{arxiv.1710.08659,
  title  = {Precise Frequency Measurement of the 2$^{1}$S$_{0}$-3$^{1}$D$_{2}$ Two-Photon Transition in atomic $^{4}$He},
  author = {Yi-Jan Huang and Yu-Chan Guan and Yao-Chin Huang and Te-Hwei Suen and Jin-Long Peng and Li-Bang Wang and Jow-Tsong Shy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08659},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 6 figures