Magic Wavelength for Hydrogen 1S-2S Transition

Abstract

The magic wavelength for an optical lattice for hydrogen atoms that cancels the lowest order AC Stark shift of the 1S-2S transition is calculated to be 513 nm. The magnitude of AC Stark shift $\Delta E=-1.19$ kHz/(10kW/cm$^2$) and the slope $d\Delta E/d\nu = -27.7$ Hz/(GHz $\cdot$ 10 kW/cm$^2$) at the magic wavelength suggests that a stable and narrow linewidth trapping laser is necessary to achieve a deep enough optical lattice to confine hydrogen atoms in a way that gives a small enough light shift for the precision spectroscopy of the 1S-2S transition.