Atom interferometry measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium

Alain Miffre, Marion Jacquey, Matthias Büchner +2

Using an atom interferometer, we have measured the static electric polarizability of ${}^7$Li $\alpha =(24.33\pm 0.16)\times 10^{-30}$ m${}^3$ $=164.19\pm 1.08$ atomic units with a 0.66%…