Hugh Robinson | Scholars@Duke

Hugh Robinson
Professor Emeritus

Precision measurement of g-factor ratios; wall-coated, evacuated cells for atomic clock; precision heterodyne spectroscopy; laser noise spectroscopy; cold-atom vapor cell traps; microwave Ramsey fringe spectroscopy using cold atoms; and theory of two-photon multi-level spectroscopy. Miniaturization of atomic clocks and magnetometers.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1994

Contact Information

Physics Department, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708
hrbrok4@gmail.com

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 1954
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
Awards & Honors
Research
Selected Grants
- (87-0192) Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics awarded by National Science Foundation 1987 - 1988
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - 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 (June 2003): 3142-3145. Full Text
  - Fox, RW, Robinson, HG, Gilbert, SL, Hollberg, L, and Marquardt, JH. "Optical probing of cold trapped atoms." Optics Letters 18, no. 17 (January 1, 1993): 1456-1458. Full Text
  - 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 (January 1, 1990): 1571-1574. Full Text
  - Robinson, HG, Hooke, WM, Lewis, HW, Felder, KC, and Clegg, TB. "RF cavity design and performance for the tunl polarized ion source." Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 278, no. 3 (June 15, 1989): 655-659. Full Text
  - Camparo, JC, Frueholz, RP, and Robinson, HG. "Dicke narrowing in strong fields: The atom-as-antenna analogy." Physical Review A 40, no. 5 (January 1, 1989): 2351-2358. 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
  - 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 (January 1, 1983): 198-null. Full Text
  - Robinson, HG, and Johnson, CE. "Narrow ⁸⁷Rb hyperfine-structure resonances in an evacuated wall-coated cell." Applied Physics Letters 40, no. 9 (December 1, 1982): 771-773. Full Text
  - Hall, JL, Hollberg, L, Baer, T, and Robinson, HG. "Optical heterodyne saturation spectroscopy." Applied Physics Letters 39, no. 9 (November 1981): 680-682. Full Text
  - Johnson, CE, and Robinson, HG. "gJ Factor of an Ion: Determination of gJ(He+4,1S122)gJ(He4,2S13)." Physical Review Letters 45, no. 4 (January 1, 1980): 250-252. Full Text
  - Watanabe, SF, Hayne, GS, and Robinson, HG. "Motional narrowing of Zeeman resonance lineshapes. II. Monte Carlo simulation results." Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 10, no. 5 (December 1, 1977): 941-957. Full Text
  - Watanabe, SF, and Robinson, HG. "Motional narrowing of Zeeman resonance lineshapes. I. Theoretical development." Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 10, no. 5 (December 1, 1977): 931-939. Full Text
  - Watanabe, SF, and Robinson, HG. "Motional narrowing of Zeeman resonance lineshapes. V. Experimental results." Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 10, no. 6 (December 1, 1977): 1167-1174. Full Text
  - Watanabe, SF, and Robinson, HG. "Motional narrowing of Zeeman resonance lineshapes. III. Lineshape in absence of motion." Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 10, no. 5 (April 1, 1977): 959-965. 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
  - Tiedeman, JS, and Robinson, HG. "Determination of gJ (H1, 1S122)gs (e): Test of mass-independent corrections." Physical Review Letters 39, no. 10 (January 1, 1977): 602-604. 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
  - Keiser, GM, Robinson, HG, and Johnson, CE. "Determination of gJ(He4, 2S13)gJ(H1, 1S122): Resolution of a discrepancy." Physical Review Letters 35, no. 18 (January 1, 1975): 1223-1225. Full Text
  - White, CW, Hughes, WM, Hayne, GS, and Robinson, HG. "Determination of g-factor ratios for free Cs133 and Rb87 atoms." Physical Review A 7, no. 3 (January 1, 1973): 1178-1182. 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
  - Crampton, SB, Berg, HC, Robinson, HG, and Ramsey, NF. "Determination of the quadrupole coupling constant in the N14 atomic ground state." Physical Review Letters 24, no. 5 (January 1, 1970): 195-197. Full Text
  - Hughes, WM, and Robinson, HG. "Determination of an isotope shift in the ratio of atomic gJ values of hydrogen and deuterium." Physical Review Letters 23, no. 21 (December 1, 1969): 1209-1212. Full Text
  - Hayne, GS, Ensberg, ES, and Robinson, HG. "Measurements of gJ ratios for Rb85, Rb87, hydrogen, and deuterium, and of the hyperfine separation of deuterium." Physical Review 171, no. 1 (December 1, 1968): 20-31. Full Text
  - 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 (December 1, 1968): 23-32. Full Text
  - Crampton, SB, Robinson, HG, Kleppner, D, and Ramsey, NF. "Hyperfine separation of deuterium." Physical Review 141, no. 1 (December 1, 1966): 55-66. Full Text
  - Myint, T, Kleppner, D, Ramsey, NF, and Robinson, HG. "Absolute value of the proton g factor." Physical Review Letters 17, no. 7 (December 1, 1966): 405-407. Full Text
  - Dehmelt, HG, Robinson, HG, and Gordy, W. "Nuclear quadrupole resonance of Hg201." Physical Review 93, no. 3 (December 1, 1954): 480-482. 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)
  - CHENEY, P, and ROBINSON, HG. "PRECISION DETERMINATION OF GJ(N)-GJ(RB)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 18, no. 4: 727-. (Academic Article)
  - DEHMELT, HG, ROBINSON, HG, and GORDY, W. "NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE OF HG-201." PHYSICAL REVIEW 93, no. 4: 920-. (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)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - 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)
  - Hughes, VW, Robinson, HG, and Beltran-Lopez, V. "Upper Limit for the Anisotropy of Inertial Mass from Nuclear Resonance Experiments(Published online)." Physical Review Letters 4, no. 7: 342-344. Full Text
  - 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)
  - 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. "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, 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(Published online)." Physical Review Letters 79, no. 16: 2959-2962. Full Text
  - 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)
  - 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, 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 MYINT, T. "3HE NUCLEAR ZEEMAN MASER ( HIGH RESOLUTION NMR SPECTROSCOPY E/T )." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 5, no. 6: 116-\&. (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, Dehmelt, HG, and Gordy, W. "Pure nuclear quadrupole spectrum of Bi209 in bismuth-triphenyl [15]." Physical Review 89, no. 6 (December 1, 1953): 1305-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Robinson, HG. "Bolometer detection of nuclear quadrupole resonance." Review of Scientific Instruments 27, no. 3 (December 1, 1956): 163-164. Full Text
  - Robinson, HG. "Quadrupole spectrum of BiCl3." Physical Review 100, no. 6 (December 1, 1955): 1731-1734. Full Text
  - 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)
  - 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. "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. "FREQUENCY-SHIFT ESTIMATES FOR MOTIONALLY NARROWED ZEEMAN RESONANCES." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 17, no. 11: 1127-1128. (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, Hollberg, L, Nikonov, DE, Scully, MO, Robinson, HG, and Velichansky, VL. "Experimental Demonstration of Enhanced Index of Refraction via Quantum Coherence in Rb(Published online)." Physical Review Letters 76, no. 21: 3935-3938. Full Text
  - 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(Published online)." Physical Review Letters 75, no. 8: 1499-1502. Full Text
- 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.

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