Quantum Beats in Transmission by Time-Resolved Polarization Spectroscopy
- 22 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (21) , 1373-1375
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.1373
Abstract
A novel technique is described for high-resolution spectroscopy. The time evolution of a coherent superposition of atomic substates created by a short resonant laser pulse is monitored via changes in polarization of a delayed probe pulse due to stimulated emission. As a demonstration the method was applied to the Zeeman splitting of the state of ytterbium.
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