Optical Metrology with Cold Trapped Hydrogen

Abstract

An attempt to develop a new technique for cooling atomic hydrogen to use as an optical frequency standard is described. The technique was centered on buffer gas cooling. It was discovered that buffer gas cooling of single bohr magneton species is not feasible. The goal was then extended to studying low temperature collisional properties of several atom having large magnetic moments and anisotropic inner shells, including nickel and dysprosium, in order to determine their suitability for buffer gas cooling for.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 22, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534157

Entities

People

  • Daniel Kleppner

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Collisions
  • Dysprosium
  • Elements
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • Hydrogen
  • Low Temperature
  • Magnetic Dipoles
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Metrology
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Rare Earth Elements
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.