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

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Published 28 October 2005 2005 EDP Sciences
, , Citation D. Das and V. Natarajan 2005 EPL 72 740 DOI 10.1209/epl/i2005-10305-x

0295-5075/72/5/740

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 D2 line of 133Cs 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 6P3/2 state with an accuracy of 6 kHz. The measurement is important because there is a large discrepancy between two earlier measurements on this state.

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10.1209/epl/i2005-10305-x