Improved measurement of the hydrogen 1S-2S transition frequency

We have measured the 1S-2S transition frequency in atomic hydrogen via two-photon spectroscopy on a 5.8 K atomic beam. We obtain f(1S-2S) = 2,466,061,413,187,035 (10) Hz for the hyperfine centroid, in agreement with, but 3.3 times better than the previous result [M. Fischer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230802 (2004)]. The improvement to a fractional frequency uncertainty of 4.2 × 10(-15) arises mainly from an improved stability of the spectroscopy laser, and a better determination of the main systematic uncertainties, namely, the second order Doppler and ac and dc Stark shifts. The probe laser frequency was phase coherently linked to the mobile cesium fountain clock FOM via a frequency comb.     

Deformed dispersion relation constraint with hydrogen atom 1S-2S transition

We use the latest results of the ultra-high accuracy 1S-2S transition experiments in the hydrogen atom to constrain the forms of the deformed dispersion relation in the non-relativistic limit.For the leading correction of the non-relativistic limit,the experiment sets a limit at an order of magnitude for the desired Planck-scale level,thereby providing another example of the Planck-scale sensitivity in the study of the dispersion relation in controlled laboratory experiments.For the next-to-leading term,the bound is two orders of magnitude away from the Planck scale,however it still amounts to the best limit,in contrast to the previously obtained bound in the non-relativistic limit from the cold-atom-recoil experiments.     

On the precise measurement of the frequency transition 1S–2S of the hydrogen atom

An experiment is suggested for the precise measurement of the frequency transition 1S–2S of the hydrogen atom with a relative precision of 10^-12 based on the use of a narrow resonance of two-photon absorption in a standing wave field. The relative width of the absorption line is determined by the second-order Doppler effect and has the same order as the relative width of Mössbauer transitions with absorption of γ-quanta. The results of this experiment can be included in the system of fundamental constants. A possibility for creating a new standard of the atomic time unit with a reproducibility of ～ 10^-15 has been examined.     

Measurement and cancellation of the cold collision frequency shift in an 87Rb fountain clock

We measure a cold collision frequency shift in an 87Rb fountain clock that is fractionally 30 times smaller than that for Cs. The shift is -0.38(8) mHz for a density of 1.0(6)x10(9) cm(-3). We study the cavity pulling of the atomic transition and use it to cancel the cold collision shift. We also measure the partial frequency shifts of each clock state finding 2(lambda(10)-lambda(20))/(lambda(10)+lambda(20)) = 0.1(6).     

Low phase noise diode laser oscillator for 1S-2S spectroscopy in atomic hydrogen

We report on a low-noise diode laser oscillator at 972?nm actively stabilized to an ultrastable vibrationally and thermally compensated reference cavity. To increase the fraction of laser power in the carrier we designed a 20?cm long external cavity diode laser with an intracavity electro-optical modulator. The fractional power in the carrier reaches 99.9%, which corresponds to an rms phase noise of φ(rms)2=1?mrad2 in 10?MHz bandwidth. Using this oscillator, we recorded 1S-2S spectra in atomic hydrogen and have not observed any significant loss of the excitation efficiency due to phase noise multiplication in the three consecutive two-photon processes.     

Absolute frequency measurement of the In+ clock transition with a mode-locked laser

The absolute frequency of the In(+) 5s(2) (1)S(0)5s5p (3)P(0) clock transition at 237 nm was measured with an accuracy of 1.8 parts in 10(13). Using a phase-coherent frequency chain, we compared the (1)S(0)(3)P(0) transition with a methane-stabilized HeNe laser at 3.39 mum, which was calibrated against an atomic cesium fountain clock. A frequency gap of 37 THz at the fourth harmonic of the HeNe standard was bridged by a frequency comb generated by a mode-locked femtosecond laser. The frequency of the In(+) clock transition was found to be 1 267 402 452 899.92 (0.23) kHz, the accuracy being limited by the uncertainty of the HeNe laser reference. This result represents an improvement in accuracy of more than 2 orders of magnitude over previous measurements of the line and now stands as what is to our knowledge the most accurate measurement of an optical transition in a single ion.s.     

Observation and absolute frequency measurements of the 1S0-3P0 optical clock transition in neutral ytterbium

We report the direct excitation of the highly forbidden (6s2) 1S0 <--> (6s6p) 3P0 optical transition in two odd isotopes of neutral ytterbium. As the excitation laser frequency is scanned, absorption is detected by monitoring the depletion from an atomic cloud at approximately 70 microK in a magneto-optical trap. The measured frequency in 171Yb (F=1/2) is 518,295,836,591.6 +/- 4.4 kHz. The measured frequency in 173Yb (F=5/2) is 518,294,576,847.6 +/- 4.4 kHz. Measurements are made with a femtosecond-laser frequency comb calibrated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology cesium fountain clock and represent nearly a 10(6)-fold reduction in uncertainty. The natural linewidth of these J=0 to J=0 transitions is calculated to be approximately 10 mHz, making them well suited to support a new generation of optical atomic clocks based on confinement in an optical lattice.     

变频率光场与二能级原子的相互作用：双光子过程

研究了二能级原子与单模电磁场相互作用时的双光子过程,主要考虑了在相干态初始条件下场频率发生变化时的情况,讨论了场频率随时间作正弦缓慢变化对原子布居数反转、光场压缩与原子压缩等特性的影响.结果显示,场频率的改变将使得原子布居数反转的崩塌回复周期增大,回复值减小,而光场及原子压缩效应减弱. 关键词： 布居数反转 光场压缩 原子压缩 双光子过程     

Search for a parity violation induced by neutral currents in the 6S–7S transition of atomic cesium

Parity violating, time-reversal invariant, weak neutral currents can induce an electric dipole transition moment, E₁^p.v., between atomic states of same parity. We report here on the preliminary results of an experiment designed to measure E₁^p.v. in the 6S–7S transition of atomic cesium, using a polarization effect characteristic of the interference of E₁^p.v. with the electric dipole transition moment E₁^ind. induced by a d.c. electric field. At a 90% confidence level we find the upper limit: |E₁^p.v.| < 2.0 × 10^?9|e|a₀. As a consequence the coupling constant of the electron-nucleon interaction involving the product of an axial electronic neutral current by a vector nucleonic one must be less than 44 G_F.     

Pure multi-photon ionization of the ground 1S and metastable 2S state of the hydrogen atom with plane-polarized light of threshold frequency

Formulas for N-photon ionization of the hydrogen atom states 1S and 2S with plane-polarized light at the threshold frequency $\text{ω=}\text{I}\text{N}\text{h}\text{?}$ (I ionization energy) are proposed and shown to reduce in the one-photon case to the well-known Stobbe expressions.     

Improvement of the short-term stability of atomic fountain clock with state preparation by two-laser optical pumping

To improve the signal to noise ratio(SNR) and the short-term stability of cesium atomic fountain clocks, the work of two-laser optical pumping is presented theoretically and experimentally. The short-term stability of the NIM6 fountain clock has been improved by preparing more cold atoms in the |F = 4, mF= 0〉 clock state with a shortened cycle time.Two π-polarized laser beams overlapped in the horizontal plane have been applied after launching, one is resonant with|F = 4〉→ |F = 4〉 transition and the other is resonant with |F = 3〉→ |F = 4〉 transition. With optical pumping, the population accumulated in the |mF= 0〉 clock state is improved from 11% to 63%, and the detection signal is increased by a factor of 4.2, the SNR of the clock transition probability and the short-term stability are also improved accordingly.     

Relativistic many-body calculation of parity-violating E1-amplitude for the 6S → 7S transition in atomic cesium

The parity violating E1-amplitude for the 6S–7S transition in cesium has been calculated from first principles: $\text{〈7S|D}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{|6S〉 = (0.88 ± 0.03) × 10}{}^{\mathrm{?11}}\text{(}\text{?Q}{}_{\mathrm{W}}\text{N}\text{)(?iea}{}_{\mathrm{B}}\text{)}$, where Q_W is the weak nuclear charge, N is the number of neutrons, and a_B is The Bohr radius. The experimental data from Bouchiat et al. make it possible to find Q_W = ?73.4 ± 8.1 ± 6 and the Weinberg angle sin²θ_W = 0.237 ± 0.036 ± 0.03. To control the accuracy, the energy levels, the fine and hyperfine structure intervals and the oscillator strenghts in the S-P transitions in Cs have been calculated.