Powerful fast triggerable 6 μm laser for the muonic hydrogen 2S-Lamb shift experiment
- Antognini, A. Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany - Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Amaro, F. D. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Biraben, F. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC and CNRS, Paris,France
- Cardoso, J. M. R. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Conde, C. A. N. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Covita, D. S. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Dax, A. Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, USA
- Dhawan, S. Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, USA
- Fernandes, L. M. P. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Hänsch, T. W. Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
- Hughes, V. W. Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, USA
- Huot, Olivier Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
- Indelicato, P. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC and CNRS, Paris,France
- Julien, L. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC and CNRS, Paris,France
- Knowles, Paul E. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
- Kottmann, F. Labor für Hochenergiephysik, ETH-Hönggerberg,Zürich, Switzerland
- Liu, Y.-W. Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Lopes, J. A. M. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Ludhova, Livia Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland - Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Monteiro, C. M. B. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Mulhauser, Françoise Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
- Nez, F. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC and CNRS, Paris,France
- Perry, B. N. Exxon Research and Eng. Co., 1545 Rte 22, Annandale, USA - 7 Barley Sheaf Road, Flemington,USA.
- Pohl, R. Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany - Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Rabinowitz, P. Chemistry Department, Princeton University, USA
- Santos, J. M. F. dos Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Schaller, Lukas A. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
- Schwob, C. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC and CNRS, Paris,France
- Taqqu, D. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Veloso, J. F. C. A. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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23.05.2005
Published in:
- Optics Communications. - 2005, vol. 253 (4-6), p. 362-374
rms proton charge radius
Muonic hydrogen
lamb shift
high energy 6 μm laser
Raman shift in hydrogen
multipass 6 μm cavity
frequency chirp
English
Laser spectroscopy of the 2S-Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen (μ−p) is being performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, to determine the root-mean-square (rms) proton charge radius with 10−3 precision. A multistage laser system has been developed which provides 0.2 mJ pulse energy tunable at 6 μm wavelength. An excimer pumped dye laser is used to drive a titanium sapphire (Ti:Sa) system whose wavelength is then shifted to 6 μm using a multipass Raman cell filled with hydrogen. The short cavity length of the Ti:Sa oscillator (7 cm) guarantees a pulse width of 7 ns and a pulse energy of 1.2 mJ at 708 nm, a wavelength controlled by a mono-mode cw-Ti:Sa laser. The laser is triggered at a maximum 60 s−1 repetition rate by muons entering the apparatus at random times. A new type of multipass cavity has been developed to provide a homogeneously illuminated volume (25 × 7 × 170 mm³).
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
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- RERO DOC 5311
- DOI 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.04.079
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/299929
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