Hyperfine spectroscopy on the 6P3/2 state of 133Cs using coherent control

Das, D and Natarajan, V (2005) Hyperfine spectroscopy on the 6P3/2 state of 133Cs using coherent control. In: Europhysics Letters, 72 (5). pp. 740-746.

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Abstract

We show that coherent-control techniques are uniquely suited for high-resolution hyperfine spectroscopy. We apply this method to a V-type system in the D-2 line of Cs-133 The spectrum of a weak probe beam shows Doppler-free transparency peaks when the strong control beam is resonant with a neighboring hyperfine transition. The lineshape and linewidth are consistent with theoretical calculations. Using an acousto-optic modulator to calibrate the frequency of the control beam, we measure hyperfine intervals in the 6P(3/2) state with an accuracy of 6 kHz. The measurement is important because there is a large discrepancy between two earlier measurements on this state.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Europhysics Letters
Publisher:	EDP Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to EDP Sciences.
Keywords:	Electromagnetically Induced Transparency;Precise Measurement;Resonances;Laser
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2009 10:41
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/17146

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