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High-precision measurement of hyperfine structure in the D lines of alkali atoms

Dipankar Das and Vasant Natarajan

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We have measured hyperfine structure in the first-excited P state (D lines) of all the naturally occurring alkali atoms. We use high-resolution laser spectroscopy to resolve hyperfine transitions, and measure intervals by locking the frequency shift produced by an acousto-optic modulator to the difference between two transitions. In most cases, the hyperfine coupling constants derived from our measurements improve previous values significantly.


 
Corrections were made to this article on 11 June 2010. The original PDF file contained an incorrect volume number.
PACS

32.10.Fn Fine and hyperfine structure

32.70.Jz Line shapes, widths, and shifts

07.57.-c Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave instruments and equipment

37.10.De Atom cooling methods

Subjects

Atomic and molecular physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 3 (14 February 2008)

Received 19 September 2007, in final form 25 October 2007

Published 22 January 2008



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