This paper reviews the basic theory of the mechanical action of light in resonant interaction
with atoms. At present the main application is laser cooling, but the approach is applicable to …

We have determined the frequency of the P 1 3-S 0 1 intercombination transition of atomic
40 Ca stored in a magneto-optical trap to be ν= 455 986 240 493.95 kHz with an estimated …

We present a new interaction geometry for optical Ramsey fringes comprised of four
traveling waves instead of the three usual standing waves. First, we demonstrate …

We have developed a saturation spectroscopy experiment to test the prediction that
enantiomers of chiral molecules have different spectra because of the parity violation …

We have recorded the Doppler profile of a well-isolated rovibrational line in the ν 2 band of
NH 3 14. Ammonia gas was placed in an absorption cell thermalized by a water-ice bath. By …

The leading experimental determinations of the fine-structure constant α currently rely on
atomic photon-recoil measurements from Ramsey-Bordé atom interferometry with large …

HIGH RESOLUTION WAVENUMBER STANDARDS FOR THE INFRARED Page 1 Pure &Appl.
Chem., Vol. No. 1, pp. 193-208, 1996. Printed in Great Britain. 0 1996 IUPAC INTERNATIONAL …

High-resolution spectroscopic measurements on the 457 nm Mg intercombination line are
reported. Studies have been performed both on atoms contained in a magneto-optical trap …

This paper is a review of the history of the measurement of coherent optical frequencies.
Since coherent optical frequency implies a laser device, this is therefore a review of laser …

We report the first observation of the recoil shift of an optical resonance in the visible part of
the spectrum. The method rests on the fact that the recoil shifts have opposite signs for …