PRECISION INTERFEROMETER CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENTS - IODINE WAVELENGTHS AT 633-NM AND H-ALPHA

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作者
GOLDSMITH, JEM
WEBER, EW
KOWALSKI, FV
SCHAWLOW, AL
机构
[1] Stanford University, Physics Department, Stanford, CA
[2] Physikalisches Institut der Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg
[3] University of Colorado, Jila, Boulder, CO
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APPLIED OPTICS | 1979年 / 18卷 / 12期
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10.1364/AO.18.001983
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a precision interferometer calibration technique useful for the measurement of the wavelength of atomic and molecular transitions with megahertz accuracy. Using this technique, the wavenumber of the ith hyperfine component of the 127I2 B-X R(73) 5-5 transition, which falls within the Doppler width of the hydrogen Balmer-α line, has been determined to be 15233.367390(42) cm−1. © 1979 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1983 / 1987
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