Laser cooling of $^{173}Yb$ for isotope separation and precision hyperfine spectroscopy

Das, Dipankar and Natarajan, Vasant (2007) Laser cooling of $^{173}Yb$ for isotope separation and precision hyperfine spectroscopy. In: Physical Review A, 76 (6). 062505-1-062505-5.

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Abstract

The hyperfine transitions in the 399 nm $^1S_0\leftrightarrow ^1P_1$ line in $^{173}Yb$ overlap with the transition in $^{172}Yb$. We use transverse laser cooling on this line to selectively deflect $^{173}Yb$ atoms from a thermal beam containing both isotopes. We then use an acousto-optic modulator to span the frequency difference between the hyperfine transitions, and hence measure hyperfine structure in the $^1P_1$ state. Our precise values for the hyperfine constants, $A_{173}=57.693\pm 0.006 MHz$ and $B_{173}=609.028\pm 0.056 MHz$, improve previous values significantly.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review A
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15223

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