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View SchemaCompact solid-state laser source for 1S-2S spectroscopy in atomic hydrogen
| Authors | N. Kolachevsky, J. Alnis, S. D. Bergeson, T. W. Haensch |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0511162 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511162 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021801 |
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel compact solid-state laser source for high-resolution two-photon spectroscopy of the $1S-2S$ transition in atomic hydrogen. The source emits up to 20 mW at 243 nm and consists of a 972 nm diode laser, a tapered amplifier, and two doubling stages. The diode laser is actively stabilized to a high-finesse cavity. We compare the new source to the stable 486 nm dye laser used in previous experiments and record 1S-2S spectra using both systems. With the solid-state laser system we demonstrate a resolution of the hydrogen spectrometer of 6 \times 10^{11} which is promising for a number of high-precision measurements in hydrogen-like systems.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021801",
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