Optical spectroscopy of rubidium Rydberg atoms with a 297 nm frequency-doubled dye laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1621-1623

  Thoumany, P ^a   Hansch T ^a   Stania, G ^a   Urbonas, L ^a   Becker, Th ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMS; DYE LASERS; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; LASER EXCITATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; RUBIDIUM; RYDBERG STATES;

ELECTRON SHELVING; GAS CELL; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; RYDBERG ATOMS; RYDBERG TRANSITIONS; SINGLE EXCITATION; TIME OF FLIGHT EXPERIMENT;

ATOM LASERS;

EID: 67649371497     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.001621     Document Type: Article

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