Quantum beat spectroscopy: Stimulated emission probe of hyperfine quantum beats in the atomic Cs 8p2P3/2 level
Servet Bayram, Phillip T. Arndt, Oleg Popov +4 more
Measurements of hyperfine polarization quantum beats are used to determine the magnetic dipole (A) and electric quadrupole (B) coupling constants in the excited atomic Cs $8p{\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}}^{2}{P}_{3/2}$ level. The experimental approach is a combination of pulsed optical pumping and time-delayed stimulated-emission probing of the excited level. From the measured evolution of the atomic linear polarization degree as a function of probe delay time, we determine the hyperfine coupling constants $A=7.42(6)$ MHz and $B=0.14(29)$ MHz.
arXiv:1409.0290•Physical Review A•Dec 11, 2014•13 citations