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Le Journal de Physique Colloques

COHERENCE NARROWING AND SHIFT OF OPTICAL DOUBLE RESONANCE SIGNALS IN THE (4 s 4p) 1P1 STATE OF Ca AT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD

G. Huber, Ernst Wilhelm Otten

Published Jan 1, 1969• 1 citation
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Abstract

The influence of multiple scattering of resonance radiation on ODR signals was observed in a dense atomic beam of Ca at a Zeeman splitting of 2.5 GHz. The experiment yielded a limit of narrowing Ɗνlim = [MATH]Ɗνnat and a maximum time of flight shift δv/v= -0.28 %.
DOI
10.1051/jphyscol:1969107

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