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Absolute frequency measurement of iodine lines with a femtosecond optical synthesizer

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We have used a single laser femtosecond optical frequency synthesizer together with a widely tunable Nd:YAG laser to measure the absolute frequency of several absorption lines in molecular iodine around 532 nm. The use of two different repetition frequencies allows us to determine the number of modes used for the frequency measurement unambiguously. The lines also provide data for the determination of improved ro-vibrational constants of the iodine molecule.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany, DE

    R. Holzwarth, A.Yu. Nevsky, M. Zimmermann, Th. Udem, T.W. Hänsch, J. von Zanthier & H. Walther

  2. Optoelectronics Group, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK, GB

    J.C. Knight, W.J. Wadsworth & P.St.J. Russell

  3. Institute of Laser Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia, RU

    M.N. Skvortsov & S.N. Bagayev

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  1. R. Holzwarth
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Received: 3 July 2001 / Published online: 19 September 2001

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Holzwarth, R., Nevsky, A., Zimmermann, M. et al. Absolute frequency measurement of iodine lines with a femtosecond optical synthesizer. Appl Phys B 73, 269–271 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100633

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