Efficient 5D excitation of trapped Rb atoms with pulsed diode-laser light
Journal Article
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· Bulletin of the American Physical Society
OSTI ID:394114
The authors have demonstrated that appropriately time-ordered pulses of diode-laser light can provide efficient population transfer in a three-level cascade system. Laser-trapped Rb atoms are excited from the 5S ground state to the highly-excited 5D level (via the 5P intermediate level) with nearly 100% efficiency. Diode-lasers at 780 nm (5S{yields}5P) and 776 nm (5P{yields}5D) are pulsed with acousto-optic modulators to provide the excitation. The variation of transfer efficiency with relative delay between the two pulses is in good agreement with theoretical expectations. Optimum excitation occurs for the counterintuitive pulse ordering, i.e., when the upper transition is driven first.
- OSTI ID:
- 394114
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9605105-; ISSN 0003-0503; TRN: 96:028777
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 41, Issue 3; Conference: 27. annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society (APS), Ann Arbor, MI (United States), 15-18 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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