Precise measurement of hyperfine structure in the $5P_{3/2}$ state of $^8^5\hspace{1mm}_{Rb}$

Rapol, UD and Krishna, A and Natarajan, V (2003) Precise measurement of hyperfine structure in the $5P_{3/2}$ state of $^8^5\hspace{1mm}_{Rb}$. In: European Physical Journal D, 23 (2). pp. 185-188.

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Abstract

We demonstrate a technique to measure hyperfine structure using a frequency-stabilized diode laser and an acousto-optic modulator locked to the frequency difference between two hyperfine peaks. We use this technique to measure hyperfine intervals in the $5P_3_/_2$ state of $^8^5Rb$ and obtain a precision of 20 kHz. We extract values for the magnetic-dipole coupling constant A = 25.038(5) MHz and the electric-quadrupole coupling constant B = 26.011(22) MHz. These values are a significant improvement over previous results.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	European Physical Journal D
Publisher:	Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer-Verlag.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7328

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