Rb気体の選択反射信号の尖鋭化

Taro ITO

Published Feb 28, 1992• 0 citations

Abstract

The selective reflection spectra of Rb D_1 line from a glass vapor interface has been studied as a function of incidence angles of light. It has been observed that the Doppler broadning of the spectra has been partially reduced for the nearly normal incidence of light to the interface, and that the 85Rb hyperfine structure of the excited state 2P_1/2, which is usually masked in the Doppler width, has been almost resolved as a result of the spectral narrowing. The observed line shapes are in good agreement with the theoretical ones including the effect of atom-wall collision.|Rb D_1線の境界面からの選択反射スペクトルが入射光角度の関数として調べられた。スペクトルのドップラー広がりが、境界面への垂直入射光に対して部分的に減少し、ドップラー幅に埋没している85Rbの励起状態2P_1/2の超微細構造が、このスペクトル尖鋭化の結果、ほとんど分解されるのが観測された。観測されたスペクトル線の形は原子と壁との衝突の効果を考慮した理論によるスペクトル線の形と良く一致している。

DOI: 10.32287/td00005838

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