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View SchemaComparison of 87Rb N-resonances for D1 and D2 transitions
| Authors | Irina Novikova, David F. Phillips, Alexander S. Zibrov, Ronald L. Walsworth, Alexksei V. Taichenachev, Valeriy I. Yudin |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0601079 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601079 |
| DOI | 10.1364/OL.31.002353 |
Abstract
We report an experimental comparison of three-photon-absorption resonances (known as "N-resonances") for the D_1 and D_2 optical transitions of thermal 87Rb vapor. We find that the D_2 N-resonance has better contrast, a broader linewidth, and a more symmetric lineshape than the D_1 N-resonance. Taken together, these factors imply superior performance for frequency standards operating on alkali D_2 N-resonances, in contrast to coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances for which the D_2 transition provides poorer frequency standard performance than the D_1 transition.
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"Irina Novikova",
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"Valeriy I. Yudin"
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"doi": "10.1364/OL.31.002353",
"title": "Comparison of 87Rb N-resonances for D1 and D2 transitions",
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