MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC POLARIZABILITY OF SODIUM WITH AN ATOM INTERFEROMETER

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作者
EKSTROM, CR
SCHMIEDMAYER, J
CHAPMAN, MS
HAMMOND, TD
PRITCHARD, DE
机构
[1] MIT, ELECTR RES LAB, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[2] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST EXPTL PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 51卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.51.3883
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have constructed an atom interferometer with interfering beams that are physically isolated by a metal foil. By applying an interaction to one of the two interfering beams, we can measure ground-state energy shifts with a spectroscopic precision of 6.6×10-14 eV/min, or 16 Hz/min. Applying an electric field to one beam of the interferometer, we have measured the phase shift induced from the quadratic Stark effect. By analyzing these phase shifts, we have determined the ground-state polarizability of sodium, with much improved accuracy, to be 24.11(6)statistical(6)systematic×10-24 cm3. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3883 / 3888
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