FREQUENCY-MEASUREMENT OF THE 5S(1 2)(F=3)-5D(5/2)(F=5) 2-PHOTON TRANSITION IN RUBIDIUM/

Authors
TOUAHRI D ACEF O CLAIRON A ZONDY JJ FELDER R HILICO L DEBEAUVOIR B BIRABEN F NEZ F
Citation
D. Touahri et al., FREQUENCY-MEASUREMENT OF THE 5S(1 2)(F=3)-5D(5/2)(F=5) 2-PHOTON TRANSITION IN RUBIDIUM/, Optics communications, 133(1-6), 1997, pp. 471-478
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
133
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
471 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)133:1-6<471:FOT522>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We have measured the frequencies of three diode lasers stabilized on t he 5S(1/2)(F=3)-5D(5/2)(F=5) two-photon transition in rubidium at lamb da=778.1 nm, with an uncertainty of 1 kHz, using BNM-LPTF frequency sy nthesis chain starting from a CO2/OsO4 reference laser at 10.3 mu m. W e show that this frequency chain is able to reach the 10(-13) resoluti on level. After a discussion of the systematic effects that may shift the resonance, the transition frequency is found to be nu=385285142378 .280+/-2 kHz.