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High-precision measurements of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Rb</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts /><mml:none /><mml:mn>87</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mo> </mml:mo><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:math>-line tune-out wavelength

High-precision measurements of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Rb</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts /><mml:none /><mml:mn>87</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mo> </mml:mo><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:math>-line tune-out wavelength

We report an experimental measurement of a light wavelength at which the ac electric polarizability equals zero for 87Rb atoms in the F=2 ground hyperfine state. The experiment uses a condensate interferometer both to find this 'tune-out' wavelength and to accurately determine the light polarization for it. The wavelength lies …