Acta Physica Sinica

ENERGY-LEVEL DIFFERENCE AND LASER ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT BY POLARIZATION BEATS SPECTROSCOPY WITH PHASE-CONJUGATION GEOMETRY

ZHANG YAN-PENG, Gan Chen-Li, Zhu Jing-Ping, TANG TIAN-TONG, Panming Fu, (1)西安交通大学光电子系，西安 710049; (2)中国科学院物理研究所，北京 100080

Published Jan 1, 1999• 7 citations

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We have studied the polarization beats spectroscopy with phase-conjugation geometry in a cascade three-level system.It was found that the accuracy for the energy-level difference measurement is determined by the homogeneous linewidths of the optical trans

DOI: 10.7498/aps.48.1667

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