{"id":2,"date":"2010-05-05T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T14:27:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-26T16:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:22:40","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #993366\">Majumder group publications &#8211; Williams<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[undergraduate co-authors highlighted<\/span>]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;High-precision measurement and\u00a0<i>ab initio<\/i>\u00a0calculation of the\u00a0<span id=\"MathJax-Element-1-Frame\" class=\"mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-1\" class=\"mjx-math\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-2\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-3\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-4\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-size1-R\">(<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-5\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">6<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-6\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-7\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">s^<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-8\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-9\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">6<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-10\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-11\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">p^<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-12\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-13\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-size1-R\">) <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-15\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-16\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-18\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-19\" class=\"mjx-msub\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-20\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">P<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sub\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-21\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-22\" class=\"mjx-msup MJXc-space3\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-23\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-24\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-25\" class=\"mjx-msub MJXc-space3\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-26\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">P<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sub\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-27\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0electric-quadrupole-transition amplitude in\u00a0<span id=\"MathJax-Element-2-Frame\" class=\"mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-28\" class=\"mjx-math\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-29\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-30\" class=\"mjx-mmultiscripts\"><span class=\"mjx-presup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-32\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-33\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">208<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-31\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">Pb<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&#8220;, <\/strong>John H. Lacy, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Abby C. Kinney (&#8217;24)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder, <em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>111<\/b><\/span> 042808 (2025).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.111.042808\">https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.100.052506<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Broadband High-precision Faraday rotation spectroscopy with uniaxial single crystal CeF3 modulator&#8221;, <\/strong>John H. Lacy, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Gabriel E. Patenotte (&#8217;21), Abby C. Kinney (&#8217;24)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder, <i>Photonics, <\/i><strong>11<\/strong>, 304 (2024)<i>.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2304-6732\/11\/4\/304\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2304-6732\/11\/4\/304<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;High-precision measurement and\u00a0<i>ab initio<\/i>\u00a0calculation of the\u00a0<span id=\"MathJax-Element-1-Frame\" class=\"mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-1\" class=\"mjx-math\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-2\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-3\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-4\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-size1-R\">(<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-5\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">6<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-6\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-7\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">s^<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-8\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-9\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">6<\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-10\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-11\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">p^<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-12\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-13\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-size1-R\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-15\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-16\" class=\"mjx-msup\"><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-18\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-19\" class=\"mjx-msub\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-20\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">P<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sub\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-21\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-22\" class=\"mjx-msup MJXc-space3\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-23\" class=\"mjx-mo\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-24\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-25\" class=\"mjx-msub MJXc-space3\"><span class=\"mjx-base\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-26\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-math-I\">P<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mjx-sub\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-27\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0electric-quadrupole-transition amplitude in\u00a0<span id=\"MathJax-Element-2-Frame\" class=\"mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-28\" class=\"mjx-math\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-29\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-30\" class=\"mjx-mmultiscripts\"><span class=\"mjx-presup\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-32\" class=\"mjx-mrow\"><span id=\"MJXc-Node-33\" class=\"mjx-mn\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">208<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"MJXc-Node-31\" class=\"mjx-mi\"><span class=\"mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R\">Pb<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&#8220;, <\/strong>D.L. Maser, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Eli Hoenig (&#8217;17), Bingyi Wang (&#8217;18)<\/span>, P.M. Rupasinghe, S.G. Porsev M.S. Safronova, and P.K. Majumder, <em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<strong>100<\/strong>, 052506 (2019).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.100.052506\">https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.100.052506<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;High-precision measurements and theoretical calculations of indium excited-state polarizabilities&#8221;<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Nathaniel Vilas (&#8217;17), Bingyi Wang (&#8217;18)<\/span>, P.M. Rupasinghe, D.L. Maser, M.S. Safronova, U.I. Safronova, and P.K. Majumder,<br \/>\n<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<strong>97<\/strong>, 022507 (2018).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.97.022507\">https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.97.022507<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Measurement of the scalar polarizability of the indium 6p1\/2 state using two-step atomic-beam spectroscopy<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Benjamin L. Augenbraun (&#8217;15), Allison Carter\u00a0(&#8217;16)<\/span>, P.M. Rupasinghe, and P.K. Majumder,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<strong>94<\/strong>, 022515 (2016).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.94.022515\">http:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pra\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevA.94.022515<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Measurement of 7p1\/2-state hyperfine structure and 7s1\/2-7p1\/2 transition isotope shift in 203Tl and 205Tl<\/strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>, G. Ranjit,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">D. Kealhofer (&#8217;13), G.D. Vukasin (&#8217;14)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<strong>89<\/strong>, 012511 (2014).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v89\/i1\/e012511\">http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v89\/i1\/e012511<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 13px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">&#8220;Thallium 7p lifetimes derived from experiment and <em>ab initio<\/em> calculations of scalar polarizabilities&#8221;, <\/strong><\/strong>M.S. Safranova and P.K. Majumder, <em>Phys. Rev. A <\/em><strong>87<\/strong>, 042502 (2013).\u00a0 \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px\" href=\"http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v87\/i4\/e042502\">http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v87\/i4\/e042502<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Measurement of the scalar polarizability within the 5P1\/2 &#8211; 6S1\/2 410-nm transition in atomic indium&#8221;<\/strong>, G. Ranjit, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">N.A. Schine (&#8217;13), A.T. Lorenzo (&#8217;11), A.E. Schneider (&#8217;12)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em>\u00a0<strong>87<\/strong>, 032506 (2013).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v87\/i3\/e032506\">http:\/\/pra.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v87\/i3\/e032506<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8221; Measurement of hyperfine structure within the 6P3\/2 excited state of 115In&#8221;<\/strong>, Mevan Gunawardena, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Huajie Cao (&#8217;09), Paul W. Hess (&#8217;08)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder, <em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em> <strong>80<\/strong>, 032519 (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/files\/2010\/05\/indium_hfs.pdf\">pdf version (372 K).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A frequency stabilization technique for diode lasers based on frequency-shifted beams from an acoust0-optic modulator &#8220;<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0Mevan Gunawardena, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Paul W. Hess (&#8217;08), Jared Strait (&#8216;0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">7)<\/span>, and P.K. Majumder, <em>Rev. Sci. Instrum<\/em>. <strong>79<\/strong>, 103110 (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/files\/2010\/05\/AOMlocking.pdf\">pdf version (512 K).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A frequency stabilization method for diode lasers utilizing low-field Faraday polarimetry &#8220;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">, J.A. Kerckhoff (&#8217;05), C.D. Bruzewicz (&#8217;05), <\/span>R. Uhl, and P.K. Majumder,\u00a0<em>Rev. Sci. Instrum. <\/em><strong>76,<\/strong> 093108 (2005).<a href=\"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/files\/2010\/05\/farrot.pdf\"> pdf version (185 K)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Measurement of the Stark shift within the 6P<sub>1\/2<\/sub>&#8211; 7S<sub>1\/2<\/sub> 378 nm transition in thallium <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8221; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">S. C. Doret (&#8217;02), P.D. Friedberg (&#8217;01), A.J. Speck (&#8217;00)<\/span>, D.S. Richardson, and P.K. Majumder,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em> <strong>66, 052504<\/strong> (2002).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/SS378.pdf\">pdf version (632 K)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Hyperfine splitting and isotope shift measurements within the 378 nm 6P<sub>1\/2<\/sub>&#8211; 7S<sub>1\/2<\/sub> transition in\u00a0<sup>203<\/sup>Tl and\u00a0<sup>205<\/sup>Tl. &#8221; <\/strong>D.S. Richardson, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">R.N. Lyman (&#8217;99)<\/span> and P.K. Majumder,<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em> <strong>62<\/strong>, 012510 (2000).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/378.pdf\">pdf version (300 K)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Measurement of the electric quadrupole amplitude within the 1283-nm 6P<sub>1\/2<\/sub>&#8211; 6P<sub>3\/2 <\/sub>transition in atomic thallium,&#8221; <\/strong>P.K. Majumder and <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Leo L. Tsai (&#8217;98)<\/span>,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em> <strong>60<\/strong>, 267 (1999).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/E2.pdf\">pdf version (626 kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993366\">Majumder publications &#8211; \u00a0Fortson atomic physics group (Seattle)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Optical-rotation technique used for a high-precision measurement of parity nonconservation in atomic lead,&#8221; <\/strong>D.M. Meekhof, P. Vetter, P.K. Majumder, S.K. Lamoreaux, and E.N. Fortson,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. A<\/em> <strong>52<\/strong>, 1895 (1995).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/leadpra.pdf\">pdf version (1.4 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Precise test of electroweak theory from a measurement of parity nonconservation in atomic thallium,&#8221; <\/strong>P. Vetter, D.M. Meekhof, P.K. Majumder, S.K. Lamoreaux, and E.N. Fortson,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. Lett. <\/em><strong>74<\/strong>, 2658 (1995).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/tlpnc.pdf\">pdf version (383 kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;High-precision measurement of parity nonconserving optical rotation in atomic lead,&#8221; <\/strong>D.M. Meekhof,P. Vetter, P.K. Majumder, S.K. Lamoreaux, and E.N. Fortson,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em> <strong>71<\/strong>, 3442 (1993).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Physics\/pmajumder\/pbpnc.pdf\">pdf version (424 kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Search for a coupling of the earth&#8217;s gravitational field to nuclear spins in atomic mercury,&#8221; <\/strong>B.J. Venema, P.K. Majumder, S.K. Lamoreaux, B.R. Heckel, and E.N. Fortson,<em>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em> <strong>68<\/strong>, 135 (1992).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/files\/2010\/05\/spingrav.pdf\">pdf version (362 kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Test of the linearity of quantum mechanics using optically pumped <sup>201<\/sup>Hg,&#8221; <\/strong>P.K. Majumder, B.J. Venema, S.K. Lamoreaux, B.R. Heckel, and E.N. Fortson,\u00a0<em>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em> <strong>65<\/strong>, 2931 (1990).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/files\/2010\/05\/nlqm.pdf\">pdf version (360 kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majumder group publications &#8211; Williams [undergraduate co-authors highlighted] &#8220;High-precision measurement and\u00a0ab initio\u00a0calculation of the\u00a0(6s^2 6p^2) 3P0\u21923P2\u00a0electric-quadrupole-transition amplitude in\u00a0208Pb&#8220;, John H. Lacy, Abby C. Kinney (&#8217;24), and P.K. Majumder, Phys. Rev. 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