Abstract
During the last ten years several laser measurements of the Rydberg constant [1–8] have improved its accuracy from 3 parts in 108 to few parts in 1010 and the discrepancies among absolute values are now removed. Indeed recent measurements of \({R_\infty }\)(see table 1), obtained from the study of different transitions in atomic hydrogen and deuterium, agree very well each with other . The accuracy of all these measurements is approaching the precision (1.6 x 10−10) of the I2-stabilized He-Ne laser which serves as primary frequency/wavelength standard in the visible region.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
J.E.M. Goldsmith, E.W. Weber and T.W. Hänsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 41, 1525 (1978)
S.R. Amin, C.D. Caldwell and W. Lichten, Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 1234 (1981)
F. Biraben, J.C. Garreau and L. Julien, Europhys.Lett. 2, 925 (1986)
P. Zhao, W. Lichten, H.P. Layer and J.C. Bergquist, Phys. Rev. A34, 5138 (1986)
P. Zhao, W. Lichten, H.P. Layer and J.C. Bergquist, Phys. Rev.Lett. 58, 1293 (1987)
R.G. Beausoleil, D.H. Mclntyre, C.J. Foot, E.A. Hildum, B. Couillaud and T.W.Hänsch, Phys. Rev., A35, 4878 (1987)
M.G. Boshier, P.E.G. Baird, C.J. Foot, E.A. Hinds, M.D. Plimmer, D.N.Stacey, J.B. Swan, D.A. Tate, D.M. Warrington and G.K. Woodgate, Nature 330, 463 (1987)
This result has been presented also to: Intern. Symposium on The Hydrogen Atom“, Pisa, June 1988; XIth Intern. Conference on Atomic Physics, Paris,July 1988; XXth Conference European Group of Atomic Spectroscopy, Graz, July 1988
G.W. Erickson, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 6, 831 (1977)
V.G. Pal’chikov, Yu.L. Sokolov and V.P. Yakovlev, JEPT Lett 38, 418 (1983); Metrologia 21, 99 (1985)
G.W. Erickson and H. Grotch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2611 (1988) Using the theoretical expression of the Lamb-shift given in this reference, we obtain 1059.229 MHz for the 2S Lamb-shift in deuterium.
D.A. Jennings, C.R. Pollock, F.R. Petersen, R.E. Drullinger, K.M. Evenson, J.S. Wells, J.L. Hall and H.P. Layer, Opt. Lett. 8, 136 (1983)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Allegrini, M., Biraben, F., Cagnac, B., Garreau, J.C., Julien, L. (1989). Determination of the Rydberg Constant by Doppler-Free Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Atomic Hydrogen Rydberg States. In: De Marchi, A. (eds) Frequency Standards and Metrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74501-0_62
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74501-0_62
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-74503-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-74501-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive