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Optical probing of cold trapped atoms

Published

Author(s)

W. Fox, Sarah L. Gilbert, Leo W. Hollberg, J. H. Marquardt, Hugh Robinson

Abstract

Transitions between excited states of laser-cooled and laser-trapped rubidium and cesium atoms are probed by use of fiber and diode lasers. High-resolution Doppler-free spectra are detected by observation of the absorption and fluorescence of light from the intermediate level of two-step cascade systems. The optical double-resonance spectra show Autler-Townes splitting in the weak probe limit and more complicated spectra for a strongly coupled three-level system.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
18

Citation

Fox, W. , Gilbert, S. , Hollberg, L. , Marquardt, J. and Robinson, H. (1993), Optical probing of cold trapped atoms, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=25780 (Accessed July 27, 2024)

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Created December 31, 1992, Updated October 12, 2021