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High-Precision Ramsey-Comb Spectroscopy Based on High-Harmonic Generation

Atomic Physics 2019-11-21 v1

Abstract

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is widely used for up-conversion of amplified (near) infrared ultrafast laser pulses to short wavelengths. We demonstrate that Ramsey-comb spectroscopy, based on two such pulses derived from a frequency-comb laser, enables us to observe phase effects in this process with a few mrad precision. As a result, we could perform the most accurate spectroscopic measurement based on light from HHG, illustrated with a determination of the 5p65p58s 2[3/2]15p^6 \rightarrow 5p^5 8s~^2[3/2]_1 transition at 110 nm in 132^{132}Xe. We improve its relative accuracy 10410^4 times to a value of 2.3×10102.3\times10^{-10}. This is 3.6 times better than shown before involving HHG, and promising to enable 1S2S1S-2S spectroscopy of He+^+ for fundamental tests.

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@article{arxiv.1911.08843,
  title  = {High-Precision Ramsey-Comb Spectroscopy Based on High-Harmonic Generation},
  author = {L. S. Dreissen and C. Roth and E. L. Gründeman and J. J. Krauth and M. Favier and K. S. E. Eikema},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.08843},
  year   = {2019}
}
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