1ST PURE FREQUENCY-MEASUREMENT OF AN OPTICAL-TRANSITION IN HELIUM - LAMB SHIFT OF THE 2(3)S(1) METASTABLE LEVEL

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PAVONE, FS
MARIN, F
DENATALE, P
INGUSCIO, M
BIRABEN, F
机构
[1] UNIV FLORENCE,EUROPEAN LAB NONLINEAR SPECT,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
[2] UNIV PARIS 06,ECOLE NORMALE SUPER,LAB KASTLER BROSSEL,F-75230 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.42
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The 2(3)S1-3(3)P0, He-4 transition at lambda0 = 389 nm is measured with respect to a previously frequency calibrated Rb-87 two-photon transition at 2lambda0 = 778 nm. The He-4 absolute frequency is 770732839058 (190) kHz, with an accuracy of 2.4 parts in 10(10). A Lamb shift value of +4057.61 (79) MHz. with 600 kHz uncertainty arising from the theoretical position of the 3(3)P0 energy level, is extracted for the 2(3)S1 level. This value is more than 2 orders of magnitude more accurate than the current best theoretical predictions.
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