HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF COLD ATOMS BY TRAP LOSS ENHANCEMENT

Authors
MUNIZ SR MARCASSA LG TELLES GD ZILIO SC BAGNATO VS
Citation
Sr. Muniz et al., HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF COLD ATOMS BY TRAP LOSS ENHANCEMENT, Laser physics, 7(4), 1997, pp. 938-940
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Laser physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1054660X
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
938 - 940
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-660X(1997)7:4<938:HSOCAB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a direct measurement of the hyperfine splitting of the 5S(1/ 2) state in Sodium atoms using a sample of cold atoms held in a magnet o-optical trap. The splitting determination can be made through the de crease of the trapped atoms fluorescence when an extra channel for tra p loss is created by single-photon ionizations of the 5S state. We obt ained Delta v(HFS)(5S(1/2)) = 156.7 +/- 0.9 MHz. Comparison of this me asurement with available results is presented.