1. Accurate spectroscopy of Sr atoms
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Courtillot, Irene, Quessada-Vial, Audrey, Brusch, Anders, Kolker, Dmitri, Rovera, Giovanni D., and Lemonde, Pierre
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Physics - Atomic Physics - Abstract
We report the frequency measurement with an accuracy in the 100 kHz range of several optical transitions of atomic Sr : $^1S_0- ^3P_1$ at 689 nm, $^3P_1- ^3S_1$ at 688 nm and $^3P_0- ^3S_1$ at 679 nm. Measurements are performed with a frequency chain based on a femtosecond laser referenced to primary frequency standards. They allowed the indirect determination with a 70 kHz uncertainty of the frequency of the doubly forbidden $5s^2^1S_0- 5s5p^3P_0$ transition of $^{87}$Sr at 698 nm and in a second step its direct observation. Frequency measurements are performed for $^{88}$Sr and $^{87}$Sr, allowing the determination of $^3P_0$, $^3P_1$ and $^3S_1$ isotope shifts, as well as the $^3S_1$ hyperfine constants., Comment: 12 pages, 16 figures
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- 2004
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