A passion for precision

<!--HTML-->For more than three decades, the quest for ever higher precision in laser spectroscopy of the simple hydrogen atom has inspired many advances in laser, optical, and spectroscopic techniques, culminating in femtosecond laser optical frequency combs  as perhaps the most precise measur...

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Autor principal: Hänsch, T. W. (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching and Department of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Munich)
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2006
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CERN Colloquium
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1266281
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description <!--HTML-->For more than three decades, the quest for ever higher precision in laser spectroscopy of the simple hydrogen atom has inspired many advances in laser, optical, and spectroscopic techniques, culminating in femtosecond laser optical frequency combs  as perhaps the most precise measuring tools known to man. Applications range from optical atomic clocks and tests of QED and relativity to searches for time variations of fundamental constants. Recent experiments are extending frequency comb techniques into the extreme ultraviolet. Laser frequency combs can also control the electric field of ultrashort light pulses, creating powerful new tools for the emerging field of attosecond science.<BR><BR><I>Organiser(s): L. Alvarez-Gaume / PH-TH</I><BR><BR><I>Note: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16:00.</I>
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A passion for precision
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