Modified Zeeman Hyperfine Spectra Observed in $H^{1}$ and ${Rb}^{87}$ Ground States Interacting with a Nonresonant rf Field

20 April 1970

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

Vol. 24 (16) , 861-864
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.24.861

Abstract

We have observed new effects in the Zeeman hyperfine spectra of

H^{1}

and

{Rb}^{87}

when a nonresonant linear radiofrequency field is applied perpendicular to the static field: The Zeeman lines coalesce in some cases; new sideband resonances also appear. A theoretical explanation is given for these effects. Some possible applications for atomic clocks and masers are considered.

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Modified Zeeman Hyperfine Spectra Observed inH1andRb87Ground States Interacting with a Nonresonant rf Field

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Modified Zeeman Hyperfine Spectra Observed in $H^{1}$ and ${Rb}^{87}$ Ground States Interacting with a Nonresonant rf Field