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Chinese Optics Letters

Transmission characteristics of an excited-state induced dispersion optical filter of rubidium at 775.9 nm

Zhusong He, Yundong Zhang, Shuangqiang Liu, Ping Yuan

Published May 10, 2007• 8 citations
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Abstract

The operation of an ultra-narrow bandwidth optical filter based on the 5P3/2 --> 5D3/2 excited-state transition in rubidium vapor is reported. The 5D3/2 state is excited by a circularly polarized pump beam at 780 nm from a diode laser. The filter displays a single 398-MHz bandwidth at a peak transmission of 9.0%, which is narrower than the Doppler bandwidth. The dependence of peak transmission on the pump intensity and cell temperature is also given.

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