PRECISION-MEASUREMENT OF THE PHOTON RECOIL OF AN ATOM USING ATOMIC INTERFEROMETRY

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作者
WEISS, DS [1 ]
YOUNG, BC [1 ]
CHU, S [1 ]
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[1] STANFORD UNIV,DEPT PHYS,STANFORD,CA 94305
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2706
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The atomic recoil from the absorption of up to 60 photons is measured using an atom interferometer. We determine HBAR/m(Cs) with a precision of 10(-7) in 2 h of integration time.
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页码:2706 / 2709
页数:4
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