Hyperfine spectroscopy using co-propagating pump-probe beams

Details Hyperfine spectroscopy using co-propagating pump-probe beams Hyperfine spectroscopy using co-propagating pump-probe beams

2010-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/1008.5292v1

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Atomic Physics

9 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables

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We have shown earlier that hyperfine spectroscopy in a vapor cell using co-propagating pump-probe beams has many advantages over the usual technique of saturated-absorption spectroscopy using counter-propagating beams. The main advantages are the absence of crossover resonances, the appearance of the signal on a flat (Doppler-free) background, and the higher signal-to-noise ratio of the primary peaks. Interaction with non-zero-velocity atoms causes additional peaks, but only one of them appears within the primary spectrum. We first illustrate the advantages of this technique for high-resolution spectroscopy by studying the $D_2$ line of Rb. We then use an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) for frequency calibration to make precise hyperfine-interval measurements in the first excited $P_{3/2}$ state of $^{85,87}$Rb and $^{133}$Cs.

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