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Linking Molecular- and Atomic- Frequency Standards with Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Joseph T. Hodges, Piotr Masłowski, David J. Robichaud, Mitchio Okumura, Charles E. Miller, Linda R. Brown

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We report a new method for measuring absorption transition frequencies using frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy. We determined absolute frequencies of O2 A-band transitions using saturation spectroscopy of 39K and demonstrated combined uncertainties < 1 MHz.

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Key concepts: Cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Materials science, Absorption spectroscopy, Atomic physics, Saturation (graph theory), Ring (chemistry), Atomic absorption spectroscopy