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Thirty years of hydrogen spectroscopy in Paris

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This paper gives a review of the experiments performed since the 1980s at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel in Paris on two-photon spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen. Firstly devoted to the 2S–nS and 2S–nD transitions, they are currently running on the 1S–3S transition at 205 nm. During all that time, they were inspired by the plentiful ideas proposed by Ted Hänsch and were complementary with the measurements developed in parallel in his groups.

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We are pleased to acknowledge here all people who worked with us on our “hydrogen experiments” in Paris: Jean-Claude Garreau, Sophie Bourzeix, Béatrice Chatel (De Beauvoir), Gaëtan Hagel, Olivier Arnoult, Sandrine Galtier and Hélène Fleurbaey as Ph.D. students, Mark D. Plimmer, F. de Tomasi and L. Jozefowski as post-docs and our colleagues M. Allegrini, D.N. Stacey and C. Schwob. The authors are indebted to the people of LNE-SYRTE laboratory for the time reference and constant help during all these years.

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This article is part of the topical collection “Enlightening the World with the Laser” - Honoring T. W. Hänsch guest edited by Tilman Esslinger, Nathalie Picqué, and Thomas Udem.

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Biraben, F., Julien, L. & Nez, F. Thirty years of hydrogen spectroscopy in Paris. Appl. Phys. B 123, 50 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6619-1

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