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arXiv:1512.03578 · Physical Review A

Precision measurement of the Rb87 tune-out wavelength in the hyperfine ground state F=1 at 790 nm

Felix Schmidt, Daniel Mayer, Michael Hohmann, Tobias Lausch, Farina Kindermann, Artur Widera

Published Feb 16, 2016• 56 citations
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Abstract

We report on a precision measurement of the $D$ line tune-out wavelength of $^{87}\text{Rb}$ in the hyperfine ground state $\left|F=1,{m}_{F}=0,\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1\right\ensuremath{\rangle}$ manifold at $790\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{nm}$, where the scalar ac Stark shifts of the ${D}_{1}$ and the ${D}_{2}$ lines cancel. This wavelength is sensitive to usually neglected contributions from vector and tensor ac Stark shifts, transitions to higher principle quantum numbers, and core electrons. The ac Stark shift is probed by Kapitza-Dirac scattering of a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional optical lattice in free space and controlled magnetic environment. The tune-out wavelength of the magnetically insensitive ${m}_{F}=0$ state was determined to $790.01858(23)\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{m}$ with sub-pm accuracy. An in situ absolute polarization, and magnetic background field measurement is performed by employing the ac vector Stark shift for the ${m}_{F}=\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ states. Comparing our findings to theory, we get quantitative insight into atomic physics beyond commonly used two-level atom approximations or the neglect of inner shell contributions.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.93.022507

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