Vibrational Spectroscopy of HDwith 2-ppb Accuracy

By measurement of the frequency of a vibrational overtone transition in the molecular hydrogen ion HD � , we demonstrate the first optical spectroscopy of trapped molecular ions with submegahertz accuracy. We use a diode laser, locked to a stable frequency comb, to perform resonance-enhanced

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