Speaker
Prof.
Makoto Fujiwara
(TRIUMF)
Description
Hydrogen Lyman-α radiation (121.56 nm) is important because it allows for the excitation and detection of ground-state antihydrogen atoms by a one-photon process. The trapping of antihydrogen, recently reported by the ALPHA collaboration at CERN, has revived interest in Lyman-α lasers. In order to perform high precision tests of matter-antimatter symmetry violations or gravity-antimatter interactions with antihydrogen, laser cooling using the 1s-2p single photon transition is essential. We describe the implementation of a high power vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) laser at the Lyman-α transition of antihydrogen.
Primary author
Mr
Mario Michan
(University of British Columbia)
Co-authors
Prof.
Makoto Fujiwara
(TRIUMF)
Prof.
Takamasa Momo
(University of British Columbia)
