HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM ATOMS

Authors
DEBEAUVOIR B HILICO L JULIEN L BIRABEN F CAGNAC B NEZ F ZONDY JJ TOUAHRI D ACEF O CLAIRON A
Citation
B. Debeauvoir et al., HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM ATOMS, Laser physics, 8(3), 1998, pp. 561-564
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Laser physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1054660X
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
561 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-660X(1998)8:3<561:HSOHAD>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have performed a pure optical frequency measurement of the 2S-8S/D two-photon transitions in atomic hydrogen and deuterium. We deduce a n ew value for the Rydberg constant, R-infinity = 109737.3156859(10) cm( -1), with an uncertainty of 9 x 10(-12).