Line shapes of cascade two-photon transitions in a cesium magneto-optic trap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1384-1393

  Marquardt, J H ^a   Robinson, H G ^a   Hollberg, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CESIUM; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY;

AUTLER TOWNES SPLIT ABSORPTION LINE; ENERGY LEVEL SPLITTING; LINE SHAPES; MAGNETO OPTIC TRAP; RABI FREQUENCY; TRAPPING BEAMS; TWO PHOTON DOUBLE RESONANCE TRANSITIONS; ZEEMAN STRUCTURE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0030192323     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001384     Document Type: Article

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