Precision measurement of the photon recoil of an atom using atomic interferometry

David S. Weiss; Brenton C. Young; Steven Chu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2706

Precision measurement of the photon recoil of an atom using atomic interferometry

David S. Weiss, Brenton C. Young, Steven Chu

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The atomic recoil from the absorption of up to 60 photons is measured using an atom interferometer. We determine Latin small letter h with stroke/mCs with a precision of 10-7 in 2 h of integration time.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2706-2709
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	70
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2706
State	Published - 1993

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Precision measurement of the photon recoil of an atom using atomic interferometry

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