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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 201(2025)

Precise spectroscopy of metastable Li+ using the optical Ramsey technique in support of time dilation tests

Peng-Peng Zhou1,2、†, Shao-Long Chen1,3、†, Cheng-Gang Qin4, Xu-Rui Chang1,5, Zhi-Qiang Zhou1,5, Wei Sun1,6, Yao Huang1,3, Ke-Lin Gao1,3,8、*, and Hua Guan1,3,7,9、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • 2Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Time Reference and Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430206, China
  • 4MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement & Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, PGMF and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 5University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 6Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
  • 7Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430206, China
  • 8e-mail: klgao@wipm.ac.cn
  • 9e-mail: guanhua@wipm.ac.cn
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    Category: Spectroscopy

    Received: Aug. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 9, 2024

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2024

    The Author Email: Ke-Lin Gao (klgao@wipm.ac.cn), Hua Guan (guanhua@wipm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.538659

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