Optics and Spectroscopy

Orientational frequency shifts of microwave 0-0 superfine resonance in 87Rb vapor with selective optical pumping

A. A. Baranov, Ермак Сергей Викторович, V. V. Semenov

Published Mar 1, 2013• 5 citations

Abstract

The orientational frequency shift of the UHF radio-optical resonance in the 87 Rb vapor with a selective optical pumping by laser and lamp sources is studied experimentally and theoretically. A leading role of the tensor component of the light shift is noticed for both excitation modes, and a modulation technique of the resonance frequency orientation shift suppression is demonstrated. We show that it is necessary to ensure a constancy of the angle between the pump light direction and the external magnetic field vector when using a rubidium quantum discriminator based on moving and rotating carriers.

DOI: 10.1134/s0030400x13030053

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