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We have remeasured the absolute $1S$-$2S$ transition frequency $\nu_{\rm {H}}$ in atomic hydrogen. A comparison with the result of the previous measurement performed in 1999 sets a limit of $(-29\pm 57)$ Hz for the drift of $\nu_{\rm {H}}$…

Dependence of transition frequencies on the fine structure constant $\alpha=e^2/\hbar c$ is calculated for several many-electron systems which are used or planned to be used in the laboratory search for the time variation of the fine…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum

We introduce a contactless technique for probing superconductivity, metal-insulator transitions, and magnetic ordering in micron-sized samples under extreme pressure. Utilizing a multistage Lenz lens system, directly sputtered onto diamond…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-26 Dmitrii V. Semenok , Di Zhou , Jianbo Zhang , Toni Helm , Yang Ding , Ho-kwang Mao , Viktor V. Struzhkin

Precise estimation of the atomic resonance frequency is fundamental for the characterization and control of quantum systems. The resonance experiment is a standard method for this measurement, wherein the drive field frequency is swept to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Tharon Holdsworth , Jacob Adamczyk , Girish S. Agarwal

We performed an absolute frequency measurement of the $^1S_{0}$-$^3P_{0}$ transition in $^{87}$Sr with a fractional uncertainty of $1.2 \times 10^{-15}$, which is less than one third that of our previous measurement. A caesium fountain…

In this paper, we present the spectroscopy of 6P$_{1/2}$ state in $^{87}$Rb using double resonance technique at $780~\text{nm}$ and $421~\text{nm}$. The double resonance technique is implemented using electromagnetically induced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-01-19 Elijah Ogaro Nyakang'o , Dangka Shylla , Vasant Natarajan , Kanhaiya Pandey

We present a laser system with a linewidth and long-term frequency stability at the 50 kHz level. It is based on a Ti:Sapphire laser emitting radiation at 882 nm which is referenced to an atomic transition. For this, the length of an…

Measurements of the fine-structure constant alpha require methods from across subfields and are thus powerful tests of the consistency of theory and experiment in physics. Using the recoil frequency of cesium-133 atoms in a matter-wave…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-12-14 Richard H. Parker , Chenghui Yu , Weicheng Zhong , Brian Estey , Holger Müller

In this paper, we report high-precision absolute distance and vibration measurements performed with frequency scanned interferometry using a pair of single-mode optical fibers. Absolute distance was determined by counting the interference…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Hai-Jun Yang , Sven Nybery , Keith Riles

Mid infrared (MIR) photonics is a key region for molecular physics [1]. High-resolution spectroscopy in the 1--10 {\mu}m region, though, has never been fully tackled for the lack of widely-tunable and practical light sources. Indeed, all…

With the continuous advancement of laser technology, accurately evaluating the noise spectrum of high-performance lasers has become increasingly challenging. In this work, we demonstrate a high-precision laser spectrum analyzer based on the…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-28 Zhongwang Pang , Chunyi Li , Hongfei Dai , Wenlin Li , Dongqi Song , Fei Meng , Yige Lin , Bo Wang

We report measurements of the branching fraction, hyperfine constant, and second-order Zeeman coefficient of the D$_{5/2}$ level in $^{171}$Yb$^+$ with up to two orders-of-magnitude improvement in precision compared to previously reported…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 T. R. Tan , C. L. Edmunds , A. R. Milne , M. J. Biercuk , C. Hempel

We demonstrate a double optical frequency reference (1529 nm and 1560 nm) for the telecom C-band using $^{87}$Rb modulation transfer spectroscopy. The two reference frequencies are defined by the 5S$_{1/2} F=2 \rightarrow $ 5P$_{3/2} F'=3$…

We demonstrate an efficient high-precision optical spectroscopy technique for single trapped ions with non-closed transitions. In a double-shelving technique, the absorption of a single photon is first amplified to several phonons of a…

We demonstrate the first application of a liquid-metal ion source for collinear laser spectroscopy in proof-of-principle measurements on naturally abundant In$^+$. The superior beam quality, i.e., the actively stabilized current and energy…

We demonstrate a new simple technique to measure IR frequencies near 30 THz using a femtosecond (fs) laser optical comb and sum-frequency generation. The optical frequency is directly compared to the distance between two modes of the fs…

We have observed the rotational ground-state (J = 1-0) transitions of DCO+, HN13C and DNC with the IRAM 30m telescope toward the dark cloud LDN 1512 which has exceptionally narrow lines permitting hyperfine splitting to be resolved in part.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Floris van der Tak , Holger Müller , Michael Harding , Jürgen Gauss

As a new method to determine the resonance frequency, Rabi-oscillation spectroscopy has been developed. In contrast to the conventional spectroscopy which draws the resonance curve, Rabi-oscillation spectroscopy fits the time evolution of…

Recently a new experimental program of novel systematic studies of light hypernuclei using pionic decay was established at JLab (Study of Light Hypernuclei by Pionic Decay at JLab, JLab Experiment PR-08-012). The highlights of the proposed…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-09-08 Amur Margaryan

Ro-vibrational spectra of different electronic states of molecules are often used as absolute wavelength or frequency standards. These standards are also used to mitigate any slow drift of laser frequency during an experiment. In precision…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 T. Dutta , M. Mukherjee