Subnatural coherence effects in saturation spectroscopy using a single traveling wave

1 June 1985

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 10 (6) , 270-272
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.10.000270

Abstract

We have performed zero-field level-crossing resonance measurements (nonlinear Hanle effect) in a metastable Ca atomic beam. By saturating the optical transitions ³P_1,2 → ³S₁, for which the radiative linewidth is 10.5 MHz, we have recorded resonances corresponding to widths of about 31 kHz. The effect has been investigated as a function of the saturating-radiation intensity. The frequency jitter of the laser used in the measurements is about 40 times wider than the recorded widths.

Keywords

ATOMS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
OPTICAL COMPONENTS
OPTICAL PUMPING
SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY
VISIBLE LIGHT

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Atomic beam measurement of the lifetime of the3 P 1 metastable states of Mg and Ca
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