Optical cascade pumping of the 7P3/2level in cesium atoms

Autor: Sergei V Kargapol'tsev, Vladimir L Velichansky, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, Alexander V Yarovitsky
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Quantum Electronics. 35:591-597
ISSN: 1468-4799
1063-7818
DOI: 10.1070/qe2005v035n07abeh003570
Popis: Doppler-free absorption spectra of resonance laser fields are studied upon two-stage excitation of cesium atoms according to the schemes 6S{sub 1/2{yields}}6P{sub 3/2{yields}}6D{sub 5/2} and 6S{sub 1/2{yields}}6P{sub 3/2{yields}}8S{sub 1/2}. The obtained experimental results are in qualitative agreement with the theory. In the case of weak absorption saturation, the width of resonances is mainly determined by two-photon transitions. The efficiencies of the two variants of two-stage excitation of the 7P{sub 3/2} level are compared. The possibility of fabrication of a gas laser operating on the 455-nm 7P{sub 3/2{yields}}6S{sub 1/2} transition with the optical depopulation of the lower operating level by an additional laser is discussed. (active media)
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