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The precision hyperfine structures of the 127 I 2 transitions at 561.4 nm are measured by the heterodyne beat between two home-made 127 I 2-stabilized Nd:YAG lasers. The theoretical distributions of the observed transitions’ hyperfine sublevels are used to identify the two transitions. High-accuracy hyperfine constants are obtained by fitting the measured hyperfine splittings to the four-term Hamiltonian, which includes the electric quadruple, spin-rotation, tensor spin–spin and scalar spin–spin interactions. The absolute frequencies of the observed four transitions are measured by an optical frequency comb based on a mode-locked erbium-fiber laser.
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Yang, T., Meng, F., Zhao, Y. et al. Hyperfine structure and absolute frequency measurements of 127 I 2 transitions with monolithic Nd:YAG 561-nm lasers. Appl. Phys. B 106, 613–618 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4750-6
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