Trap-loss spectroscopy of Rydberg states in ytterbium
C Halter, A Miethke, Christian Sillus +2 more
Abstract We present an experimental study of the Rydberg 1 S 0 - and 1 P 1 - series of ytterbium for principal quantum numbers in the range of n = 70–90. The study is performed using trap loss spectroscopy in a magneto-optical trap operating on the 6 1 S 0 → 6 1 P 1 transition at 399 nm. Compared to the commonly used Rydberg spectroscopy method using field-ionization and ion detection, trap loss spectroscopy is significantly simpler and requires a less sophisticated experimental setup. Using this method we determine relative values of the scalar and tensor electric polarizabilities of both, 6 s n s 1 S 0 - and 6 s n p 1 P 1 - Rydberg states.
arXiv:2211.04748•Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics•Jan 30, 2023•10 citations