Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Absorption of Rb-D Limes by Rb Filter Cell
Toshiharu Tako, Y. Koga, Isao Hirano, Misao Ohi
Abstract
The effects of absorption of Rb-D lines are studied with the combination of natural Rb lamps and natural Rb filter cells containing nitrogen at the pressures of 100 Tori and 152 Torr. It is found that the hyperfine components of D lines effective for optical pumping is obtained with Rb atoms of natural abundance both for lamps and for cells. The optimum temperature of the filter cell is observed to be near at 60°C. The absorption coefficient of the filter cell is less than 1.5 cm -1 . The absorption cross sections obtained for three broad peaks consisting of hyper finecomponents are measured to be 10 -12 ∼10 -13 cm 2 , which is 10 2 ∼10 3 times larger than the atomic cross section of Rb in its ground state. The absorption cross sections for the filter cell with N 2 100 Torr have values a few times larger than those for the filter cell with N 2 152 Torr.