Spectroscopy of the 85Rb 4D3/2 state for hyperfine-structure determination

We report a measurement of the hyperfine-structure constants of the 85Rb 4D3/2 state using two-photon optical spectroscopy of the 5S1/2→4D3/2 transition. The spectra are acquired by measuring the transmission of the low-power 795 nm lower-stage laser beam through a cold-atom sample as a function of...

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Published in:New journal of physics 2023-09, Vol.25 (9), p.093015
Main Authors: Duspayev, A, Raithel, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic clocks
Dipoles
Laser beams
Lasers
Molecular physics
Physics
Quadrupoles
Spectroscopy
Spectrum analysis
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Summary:We report a measurement of the hyperfine-structure constants of the 85Rb 4D3/2 state using two-photon optical spectroscopy of the 5S1/2→4D3/2 transition. The spectra are acquired by measuring the transmission of the low-power 795 nm lower-stage laser beam through a cold-atom sample as a function of laser frequency, with the frequency of the upper-stage, 1476 nm laser fixed. All 4 hyperfine components of the 4D3/2 state are well-resolved in the experimental data. The dominant systematic is the light shift from the 1476 nm laser, which is addressed by extrapolating line positions measured for a set of 1476 nm laser powers to zero laser power. The analysis of our experimental data yields both the magnetic-dipole and electric-quadrupole constants for the 85Rb 4D3/2 level, without using earlier hyperfine measurements of other atomic levels. The respective results, A=7.419(35) MHz and B=4.19(19) MHz, are discussed in context with previous works. Our investigation may be useful for optical atomic clocks for precision metrology and emerging atom-based quantum technologies, all-infrared excitation of Rb Rydberg levels, and molecular physics.
ISSN:1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/acf405