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Laser saturation spectroscopy of atoms

Theodor W. Hänsch, I. S. Shahin, ARTHUR L. SCHAWLOW

IEEE Journal of Quantum ElectronicsJun 1, 19720 citations

Spontaneous Noise Spectroscopy of an Atomic Magnetic Resonance

Takahisa Mitsui

We have experimentally demonstrated a new type of noise spectroscopy, which requires neither amplitude nor frequency noise of the light source. A highly stabilized diode laser provides low-noise light for the optical magnetic resonance of Rb atoms. The laser light transmitted through the Rb vapor contains significant intensity fluctuations whose power spectrum has a distinct peak at the Larmor frequency. The fluctuations are spontaneously generated by the atoms and are attributed to the stochastic properties of the photon scattering which randomly interrupts the Larmor precession of the atomic magnetic moment.We have experimentally demonstrated a new type of noise spectroscopy, which requires neither amplitude nor frequency noise of the light source. A highly stabilized diode laser provides low-noise light for the optical magnetic resonance of Rb atoms. The laser light transmitted through the Rb vapor contains significant intensity fluctuations whose power spectrum has a distinct peak at the Larmor frequency. The fluctuations are spontaneously generated by the atoms and are attributed to the stochastic properties of the photon scattering which randomly interrupts the Larmor precession of the atomic magnetic moment.

Physical Review LettersJun 5, 200047 citations

Magnetic resonance with gas-phase atoms

Michael Mehring, Gerhard Wäckerle

Advances in magnetic and optical resonanceJan 1, 19971 citation

Atomic and Laser Spectroscopy

Alan Corney

1. Introduction 2. Review of Classical Electrodynamics 3. Review of Quantum Mechanics 4. The Spontaneous Emission of Radiation 5. Selection Rules for Electric Dipole Transitions 6. Measurement of Radiative Lifetimes of Atoms and Molecules 7. Forbidden Transitions and Metastable Atoms 8. The Width and Shape of Spectral Lines 9. The Absorption and Stimulated Emission of Radiation 10. Radiative Transfer and the Formation of Spectral Lines 11. Population Inversion Mechanisms in Gas Lasers 12. Resonant Modes of Optical Cavities 13. Saturation Characteristics and the Single-Frequency Operation of Gas Lasers 14. Turnable Dye Lasers and Atomic Spectroscopy 15. The Hanle Effect and the Theory of Resonance Flourescence Experiments 16. Optical Double Resonance Experiments 17. Optical Pumping Experiments 18. The Hyperfine Structure of Atoms and its Investigation by Magnetic Resonance Methods Appendix1. Introduction 2. Review of Classical Electrodynamics 3. Review of Quantum Mechanics 4. The Spontaneous Emission of Radiation 5. Selection Rules for Electric Dipole Transitions 6. Measurement of Radiative Lifetimes of Atoms and Molecules 7. Forbidden Transitions and Metastable Atoms 8. The Width and Shape of Spectral Lines 9. The Absorption and Stimulated Emission of Radiation 10. Radiative Transfer and the Formation of Spectral Lines 11. Population Inversion Mechanisms in Gas Lasers 12. Resonant Modes of Optical Cavities 13. Saturation Characteristics and the Single-Frequency Operation of Gas Lasers 14. Turnable Dye Lasers and Atomic Spectroscopy 15. The Hanle Effect and the Theory of Resonance Flourescence Experiments 16. Optical Double Resonance Experiments 17. Optical Pumping Experiments 18. The Hyperfine Structure of Atoms and its Investigation by Magnetic Resonance Methods Appendix

Oxford University Press eBooksOct 5, 2006508 citations

Lineshapes in laser spectroscopy of three-level systems

M. Allegrini, E. Arimondo

The lineshapes originated in a magnetic resonance process for atomic alignment are compared to the lineshapes associated to the resonance of coherent population trapping in a three-level system. An approach based on the tensorial components of the atomic density matrix is applied to analyze both resonances and to evidence the strict relations between the lineshapes.

Physica ScriptaJan 1, 19970 citations

Collisional Spectroscopy of Laser Excited Atoms

M. Allegrini

NATO ASI series. Series B : PhysicsJan 1, 19850 citations

Laser Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Atoms

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