High sensitivity spectroscopy of cesium Rydberg atoms using electromagnetically induced transparency

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15821-15826

  Zhao, Jianming ^a   Zhu, Xingbo ^a   Zhang, Linjie ^a   Feng, Zhigang ^a   Li, Changyong ^a   Jia, Suotang ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CESIUM; LINEWIDTH; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM THEORY; RYDBERG STATES; TRANSPARENCY;

CESIUM VAPOR CELLS; DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FINE STRUCTURES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LADDER-TYPE SYSTEM; NATURAL LINEWIDTHS; QUANTUM DEFECT THEORY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 69949083504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015821     Document Type: Article

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