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- Title
Absorption spectroscopy of trapped rubidium atoms.
- Authors
Cauchi, S.; Vorozcovs, A.; Weel, M.; Beattie, S.; Gagnon, O.; Kumarakrishnan, A.
- Abstract
We determine the absolute density of a sample of laser-cooled atoms in a two-level system by recording the absorption spectrum of the 85Rb 5S1/2 (F = 3, mf = 3) → 5P3/2 (F′ = 4, m′f = 4) transition. Trapped atoms were prepared in the (F = 3, mf = 3) ground state through optical-pumping techniques. We compare our results with an independent measure of the density that relies on a direct measurement of the number of atoms and size of the atomic sample. We also study the contributions of power broadening, laser line width, and Doppler broadening to the measured absorption spectrum. Our studies suggest that the natural line width (~6 MHz) can be measured to a precision of less than ~50 kHz if the laser line width is measured in real-time with a high-finesse Fabry–Perot cavity. PACS Nos.: 32.70.Cs, 32.70.Jz, 32.80.Pj, 42.62.Fi, 32.70.–n, 32.30.–r
- Subjects
SPECTRUM analysis; QUALITATIVE chemical analysis; RUBIDIUM; ALKALI metals; ABSORPTION; PHYSICAL &; theoretical chemistry; ABSORPTION spectra
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Physics, 2004, Vol 82, Issue 11, p905
- ISSN
0008-4204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/P04-055