Measurement of hyperfine structure of the $8 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $9 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}$ states of rubidium, and $12 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}$ state of cesium by stepwise dye-laser spectroscopy

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1 February 1975

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 11 (2) , 455-459
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.11.455

Abstract

The hyperfine structures of the

8 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}

and

9 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}

states of

{}^{87}{Rb}

and of the

12 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}

state of

{}^{133}{Cs}

have been measured by the method of stepwise excitation spectroscopy using a cw dye laser. We measure the magnetic dipole coupling constants to be

A (8 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}, {}^{87}{Rb}) = 159.2 \pm 1.5

MHz,

A (9 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}, {}^{87}{Rb}) = 90.9 \pm 0.8

MHz, and

A (12 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}, {}^{133}{Cs}) = 26.31 \pm 0.10

MHz.

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