Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 1954
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Professor with Tenure, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1970 - 1994
  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1967 - 1970
  • Associate Professor, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1964 - 1967
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Silver Medal Award for Meritorious Federal Service, For designing, constructing, and operating the world’s first ultra-miniature atomic clocks and magnetometers.. U.S. Department of Commerce. 2005
  • Fellowship. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. 1989
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics. National Science Foundation . 1987
  • Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1982
  • Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Fellowship. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. 1980
  • Fellow. American Physical Society. 1973
  • Precision Measurement Grant . National Institute of Standards and Technology. 1970
  • Yale Faculty Fellowship. Yale . 1962
  • National Science Foundation Fellowship. Duke University. 1953
  • Phi Betta Kappa. Phi Betta Kappa. 1950
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • (87-0192) Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics awarded by  National Science Foundation 1987 - 1988
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Book Sections

    • Monroe, C, Swann, W, Robinson, H, and Wieman, C. "Very cold trapped atoms in a vapor cell." In Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 294-297. January 1, 2008.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Robinson, HG, and Johnson, CE. "MEASURED g//J-FACTOR RATIO OF **4He** plus (1 **2S// one-half ) AND **4He(2 **3S//1)." December 1, 1984.

  • Journal Articles

    • MONROE, C, ROBINSON, H, and WIEMAN, C. "OBSERVATION OF THE CESIUM CLOCK TRANSITION USING LASER-COOLED ATOMS IN A VAPOR CELL." OPTICS LETTERS 16, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 50-52.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Monroe, C, Swann, W, Robinson, H, and Wieman, C. "Very cold trapped atoms in a vapor cell." Physical Review Letters 65, no. 13 (September 1990): 1571-1574.  Full Text
    • Rahman, C, and Robinson, HG. "Rb O-O Hyperfine Transition in Evacuated Wall-Coated Cell at Melting Temperature." IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 23, no. 4 (January 1, 1987): 452-454.  Full Text
    • Keiser, GM, Robinson, HG, and Johnson, CE. "An experimental determination of gJ(He4, 2S13)gJ(H1, 1S122)." Physical Review A 16, no. 3 (January 1, 1977): 822-835.  Full Text
    • Keiser, GM, Robinson, HG, and Johnson, CE. "Polarization of 4He(23S1) by optically pumped Rb." Physics Letters A 51, no. 1 (January 27, 1975): 5-6.  Full Text
    • Watanabe, SF, Hayne, GS, and Robinson, HG. "Lineshape asymmetry and frequency shift in a motionally narrowed Zeeman resonance." Physics Letters A 32, no. 7 (September 7, 1970): 546-547.  Full Text
    • Robinson, H, Dehmelt, HG, and Gordy, W. "Nuclear quadrupole couplings in solid bromides and iodides." The Journal of Chemical Physics 22, no. 3 (January 1, 1954): 511-515.  Full Text
    • BELTR, V, and ROBINSON, HG. "MICROWAVE ZEEMAN SPECTRUM OF ATOMIC CHLORINE." PHYSICAL REVIEW 123, no. 1: 161-\&. (Academic Article)
    • CAMPARO, JC, FRUEHOLZ, RP, and ROBINSON, HG. "DICKE NARROWING IN STRONG FIELDS - THE ATOM-AS-ANTENNA ANALOGY." PHYSICAL REVIEW A 40, no. 5: 2351-2358. (Academic Article)
    • CHENEY, P, and ROBINSON, HG. "PRECISION DETERMINATION OF GJ(N)-GJ(RB)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 18, no. 4: 727-. (Academic Article)
    • CRAMPTON, SB, BERG, HC, ROBINSON, HG, and RAMSEY, NF. "DETERMINATION OF QUADRUPOLE COUPLING CONSTANT IN N14 ATOMIC GROUND STATE." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 24, no. 5: 195-\&. (Academic Article)
    • CRAMPTON, SB, ROBINSON, HG, KLEPPNER, D, and RAMSEY, NF. "HYPERFINE SEPARATION OF DEUTERIUM." PHYSICAL REVIEW 141, no. 1: 55-\&. (Academic Article)
    • DEHMELT, HG, ROBINSON, HG, and GORDY, W. "NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE OF HG-201." PHYSICAL REVIEW 93, no. 4: 920-. (Academic Article)
    • DEHMELT, HG, ROBINSON, HG, and GORDY, W. "NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE OF HG-201." PHYSICAL REVIEW 93, no. 3: 480-482. (Academic Article)
    • FOX, RW, GILBERT, SL, HOLLBERG, L, MARQUARDT, JH, and ROBINSON, HG. "OPTICAL PROBING OF COLD TRAPPED ATOMS." OPTICS LETTERS 18, no. 17: 1456-1458. (Academic Article)
    • HALL, J, HOLLBERG, L, MA, L, BAER, T, and ROBINSON, H. "PROGRESS TOWARD PHASE-STABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY STANDARDS." JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE 42, no. NC8: 59-71. (Academic Article)
    • HALL, JL, HOLLBERG, L, BAER, T, and ROBINSON, HG. "OPTICAL HETERODYNE SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 39, no. 9: 680-682. (Academic Article)
    • HANYE, GS, WHITE, CW, HUGHES, WM, and ROBINSON, HG. "DETERMINATION OF GI/GJ OF CS133 AND GJ(CS133)-GJ(RB87) FOR FREE CS AND RB ATOMS." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 13, no. 1: 20-\&. (Academic Article)
    • HAYNE, GS, ENSBERG, ES, and ROBINSON, HG. "MEASUREMENTS OF GJ RATIOS FOR RB85 RB87 HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM AND OF HYPERFINE SEPARATION OF DEUTERIUM." PHYSICAL REVIEW 171, no. 1: 20-\&. (Academic Article)
    • HUGHES, VW, ROBINSON, HG, and BELTRANLOPEZ, V. "UPPER LIMIT FOR THE ANISOTROPY OF INERTIAL MASS FROM NUCLEAR RESONANCE EXPERIMENTS." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 4, no. 7: 342-344. (Academic Article)
    • HUGHES, WM, and ROBINSON, HG. "PRECISION DETERMINATION OF GJ(RB87)/GJ(D)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 14, no. 10: 953-\&. (Academic Article)
    • HUGHES, WM, and ROBINSON, HG. "PRECISION DETERMINATION OF GJ(RB87)/GJ(H)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 14, no. 4: 524-\&. (Academic Article)
    • HUGHES, WM, and ROBINSON, HG. "DETERMINATION OF AN ISOTOPE SHIFT IN RATIO OF ATOMIC GJ VALUES OF HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 23, no. 21: 1209-\&. (Academic Article)
    • Heavner, TP, Hollberg, L, Jefferts, SR, Kitching, J, Klipstein, WM, Meekhof, DM, and Robinson, HG. "Characterization of a cold cesium source for PARCS: Primary atomic reference clock in space." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 50, no. 2: 500-502. (Academic Article)
    • Holander Gleixner, S, Robinson, HG, and Helms, CR. "Derivation of an analytical model to calculate junction depth in HgCdTe photodiodes." JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 83, no. 3: 1299-1304. (Academic Article)
    • Hollberg, L, Oates, CW, Curtis, EA, Ivanov, EN, Diddams, SA, Udem, T, Robinson, HG, Bergquist, JC, Rafac, RJ, Itano, WM, Drullinger, RE, and Wineland, DJ. "Optical frequency standards and measurements." IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 37, no. 12: 1502-1513. (Academic Article)
    • JOHNSON, CE, TIPTON, CA, and ROBINSON, HG. "PENNING IONIZATION OF NA, K, RB, AND CS BY HE(251-3) IN A STATIONARY AFTERGLOW." JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 11, no. 5: 927-933. (Academic Article)
    • JOHNSON, CE, and ROBINSON, HG. "PENNING IONIZATION OF RB AND CS BY NE(3P2)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 24, no. 9: 1177-. (Academic Article)
    • JOHNSON, CE, and ROBINSON, HG. "GJ(HE-4+,12S1/2)/GJ (HE-4,23S1) PRELIMINARY RESULT." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 23, no. 4: 621-. (Academic Article)
    • JOHNSON, CE, and ROBINSON, HG. "GJ FACTOR OF AN ION - DETERMINATION OF GJ (HE-(+)4 12S1/2)-GJ(HE-4,23S1)." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 45, no. 4: 250-252. (Academic Article)
    • KEISER, GM, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "NEW DETERMINATION OF GJ HE-4, 2S-3(1)/GJ(1H,1S-21/2)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 20, no. 11: 1465-. (Academic Article)
    • KEISER, GM, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "POLARIZATION OF HE-4 (2S-3(1)) BY OPTICALLY PUMPED RB." PHYSICS LETTERS A A 51, no. 1: 5-6. (Academic Article)
    • KEISER, GM, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "EXPERIMENTAL-DETERMINATION OF GJ(HE-4,2S-3(1))-GJ(H-1,1S-2(1/2)." PHYSICAL REVIEW A 16, no. 3: 822-835. (Academic Article)
    • KEISER, GM, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "DETERMINATION OF GJ(HE-4, 2S-3(1)-GJ(H-1,1S-2(1-2) - RESOLUTION OF A DISCREPANCY." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 35, no. 18: 1223-1225. (Academic Article)
    • KEISER, GM, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "GJ(HE-4, 23S1)/GJ(RB-87) PRELIMINARY RESULT." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 19, no. 10: 1176-. (Academic Article)
    • KEYSER, PT, ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "ATTAINING LOW-DENSITY PLASMA IN HE-4." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 24, no. 9: 1186-. (Academic Article)
    • Kitching, J, Robinson, HG, Hollberg, L, Knappe, S, and Wynands, R. "Optical-pumping noise in laser-pumped, all-optical microwave frequency references." JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 18, no. 11: 1676-1683. (Academic Article)
    • Knappe, S, Gerginov, V, Schwindt, PDD, Shah, V, Robinson, HG, Hollberg, L, and Kitching, J. "Atomic vapor cells for chip-scale atomic clocks with improved long-term frequency stability." OPTICS LETTERS 30, no. 18: 2351-2353. (Academic Article)
    • Knappe, S, Schwindt, PDD, Gerginov, V, Shah, V, Liew, L, Moreland, J, Robinson, HG, Hollberg, L, and Kitching, J. "Microfabricated atomic clocks and magnetometers." JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS 8, no. 7, Sp. Iss. SI: S318-S322. (Academic Article)
    • Knappe, S, Velichansky, V, Robinson, HG, Kitching, J, and Hollberg, L. "Compact atomic vapor cells fabricated by laser-induced heating of hollow-core glass fibers." REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 74, no. 6: 3142-3145. (Academic Article)
    • Knappe, S, Wynands, R, Kitching, J, Robinson, HG, and Hollberg, L. "Characterization of coherent population-trapping resonances as atomic frequency references." JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 18, no. 11: 1545-1553. (Academic Article)
    • Knappe, SA, Robinson, HG, and Hollberg, L. "Microfabricated saturated absorption laser spectrometer." OPTICS EXPRESS 15, no. 10: 6293-6299. (Academic Article)
    • Lukin, MD, Fleischhauer, M, Zibrov, AS, Robinson, HG, Velichansky, VL, Hollberg, L, and Scully, MO. "Spectroscopy in dense coherent media: Line narrowing and interference effects." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 79, no. 16: 2959-2962. (Academic Article)
    • Lukin, MD, Scully, MO, Welch, GR, Fry, ES, Hollberg, L, Padmabandu, GG, Robinson, HG, and Zibrov, AS. "Lasing without inversion: The road to new short-wavelength losers." LASER PHYSICS 6, no. 3: 436-447. (Academic Article)
    • MYINT, T, KLEPPNER, D, RAMSEY, NF, and ROBINSON, HG. "ABSOLUTE VALUE OF PROTON G FACTOR." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 17, no. 7: 405-\&. (Academic Article)
    • Marquardt, JH, Robinson, HG, and Hollberg, L. "Line shapes of cascade two-photon transitions in a cesium magneto-optic trap." JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 13, no. 7: 1384-1393. (Academic Article)
    • RAHMAN, C, and ROBINSON, HG. "RB O-O HYPERFINE TRANSITION IN EVACUATED WALL-COATED CELL AT MELTING TEMPERATURE." IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 23, no. 4: 452-454. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, BERG, RF, and JOHNSON, CE. "GJ(HE-4,23S1)-GJ(H-1) IN A LOW-DENSITY PLASMA." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 24, no. 9: 1186-. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, DEHMELT, HG, and GORDY, W. "PURE NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE SPECTRUM OF BI-209 IN BISMUTH-TRIPHENYL." PHYSICAL REVIEW 89, no. 6: 1305-. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, HOOKE, WM, LEWIS, HW, FELDER, KC, and CLEGG, TB. "RF CAVITY DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE TUNL POLARIZED ION-SOURCE." NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS \& METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 278, no. 3: 655-659. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, WHITE, CW, and HAYNE, GS. "DETERMINATION OF GI/GJ RATIOS IN FREE RUBIDIUM AND CAESIUM ATOMS." SCIENCE 154, no. 3747: 427-\&. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "A NEW HEART FOR RB FREQUENCY STANDARDS - THE EVACUATED, WALL-COATED SEALED CELL." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 32, no. 1: 198-. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, and JOHNSON, CE. "NARROW RB-87 HYPERFINE-STRUCTURE RESONANCES IN AN EVACUATED WALL-COATED CELL." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 40, no. 9: 771-773. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG, and MYINT, T. "3HE NUCLEAR ZEEMAN MASER ( HIGH RESOLUTION NMR SPECTROSCOPY E/T )." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 5, no. 6: 116-\&. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG. "BOLOMETER DETECTION OF NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE." REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 27, no. 3: 163-164. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG. "PRECISE GJ-FACTOR RATIOS FROM OPTICAL-PUMPING EXPERIMENTS." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 20, no. 6: 808-809. (Academic Article)
    • ROBINSON, HG. "QUADRUPOLE SPECTRUM OF BICL3." PHYSICAL REVIEW 100, no. 6: 1731-1734. (Academic Article)
    • STAFFA, NG, and ROBINSON, HG. "CALCULATION OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM SPIN EXCHANGE DETECTION AT ARBITRARY APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 15, no. 11: 1509-\&. (Academic Article)
    • STAFFA, NG, and ROBINSON, HG. "MAGNETIC FIELD CORRECTION COILS THROUGH SIXTH ORDER." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 14, no. 4: 524-\&. (Academic Article)
    • TIEDEMAN, JS, and ROBINSON, HG. "GJ(H)/GS(E-) DETERMINATION USING TRITIUM CELLS." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 18, no. 11: 1517-. (Academic Article)
    • TIEDEMAN, JS, and ROBINSON, HG. "MAGNETIC FIELD STABILIZATION BY PHASE-LOCKED-OSCILLATING MAGNETOMETER." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 15, no. 4: 561-\&. (Academic Article)
    • TIEDEMAN, JS, and ROBINSON, HG. "DETERMINATION OF GJ(H-1,1S-21/2)-GS(E) - TEST OF MASS-INDEPENDENT CORRECTIONS." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 39, no. 10: 602-604. (Academic Article)
    • Vukicevic, N, Zibrov, AS, Hollberg, L, Walls, FL, Kitching, J, and Robinson, HG. "Compact diode-laser based rubidium frequency reference." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 47, no. 5: 1122-1126. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "LINE-SHAPE AND CORRELATION-TIME CALCULATIONS FOR MOTIONALLY NARROWED ATOMIC ZEEMAN RESONANCES." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 14, no. 4: 524-\&. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "LINESHAPE ASYMMETRY AND FREQUENCY SHIFT FOR MOTIONALLY NARROWED ZEEMAN RESONANCES." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 15, no. 4: 561-\&. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "MOTIONAL NARROWING OF ZEEMAN RESONANCE LINESHAPES .2. MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION RESULTS." JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 10, no. 5: 941-957. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "LINESHAPE ASYMMETRY AND FREQUENCY SHIFT IN A MOTIONALLY NARROWED ZEEMAN RESONANCE." PHYSICS LETTERS A A 32, no. 7: 546-\&. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, and ROBINSON, HG. "MOTIONAL NARROWING OF ZEEMAN RESONANCE LINESHAPES .3. LINESHAPE IN ABSENCE OF MOTION." JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 10, no. 5: 959-965. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, and ROBINSON, HG. "MOTIONAL NARROWING OF ZEEMAN RESONANCE LINESHAPES .1. THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT." JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 10, no. 5: 931-939. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, and ROBINSON, HG. "FREQUENCY-SHIFT ESTIMATES FOR MOTIONALLY NARROWED ZEEMAN RESONANCES." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 17, no. 11: 1127-1128. (Academic Article)
    • WATANABE, SF, and ROBINSON, HG. "MOTIONAL NARROWING OF ZEEMAN RESONANCE LINESHAPES .5. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS." JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 10, no. 6: 1167-1174. (Academic Article)
    • WHITE, CW, HUGHES, WM, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "DETERMINATION OF G-FACTOR RATIOS FOR FREE RB85 AND RB87 ATOMS." PHYSICAL REVIEW 174, no. 1: 23-\&. (Academic Article)
    • WHITE, CW, HUGHES, WM, HAYNE, GS, and ROBINSON, HG. "DETERMINATION OF G-FACTOR RATIOS FOR FREE CS-133 AND RB-87 ATOMS." PHYSICAL REVIEW A 7, no. 3: 1178-1182. (Academic Article)
    • Yi, YW, Robinson, HG, Knappe, S, Maclennan, JE, Jones, CD, Zhu, C, Clark, NA, and Kitching, J. "Method for characterizing self-assembled monolayers as antirelaxation wall coatings for alkali vapor cells." JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 104, no. 2. (Academic Article)
    • ZIBROV, AS, LUKIN, MD, NIKONOV, DE, HOLLBERG, L, SCULLY, MO, VELICHANSKY, VL, and ROBINSON, HG. "EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF LASER OSCILLATION WITHOUT POPULATION-INVERSION VIA QUANTUM INTERFERENCE IN RB." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 75, no. 8: 1499-1502. (Academic Article)
    • Zibrov, AS, Lukin, MD, Hollberg, L, Nikonov, DE, Scully, MO, Robinson, HG, and Velichansky, VL. "Experimental demonstration of enhanced index of refraction via quantum coherence in Rb." PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 76, no. 21: 3935-3938. (Academic Article)

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