Micrometric-thin cells(MCs)with alkali vapor atoms have been valuable for research and applications of hyperfine Zeeman splitting and atomic magnetometers under strong magnetic fields.We theoretically and experimental...Micrometric-thin cells(MCs)with alkali vapor atoms have been valuable for research and applications of hyperfine Zeeman splitting and atomic magnetometers under strong magnetic fields.We theoretically and experimentally study the saturated absorption spectra using a 100-μm cesium MC,where the pump and probe beams are linearly polarized with mutually perpendicular polarizations,and the magnetic field is along the pump beam.Because of the distinctive thin chamber of the MC,crossover spectral lines in saturated absorption spectra are largely suppressed leading to clear splittings of hyperfine Zeeman transitions in experiments,and the effect of spatial magnetic field gradient is expected to be reduced.A calculation method is proposed to achieve good agreements between theoretical calculations and experimental results.This method successfully explains the suppression of crossover lines in MCs,as well as the effects of magnetic field direction,propagation and polarization directions of the pump/probe beam on saturated absorption spectrum.The saturated absorption spectrum with suppressed crossover lines is used for laser frequency stabilization,which may provide the potential value of MCs for high spatial resolution strong-field magnetometry with high sensitivity.展开更多
Via saturated absorption spectroscopy and thethird-harmonic detection techulque, the hyperfine spectra of127I2 near 532 nm have been observed within the tuningrange of a mini Nd: YVO4-KTP laser. The laser is frequency...Via saturated absorption spectroscopy and thethird-harmonic detection techulque, the hyperfine spectra of127I2 near 532 nm have been observed within the tuningrange of a mini Nd: YVO4-KTP laser. The laser is frequencystabilized against one hypeffine structure (hfs) component of127I2. The analysis of error signal shows that it is possible torealize a bouency stability of 3.0 × l0-l3 at 1 s avrmge time.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61571018 and 61531003).
文摘Micrometric-thin cells(MCs)with alkali vapor atoms have been valuable for research and applications of hyperfine Zeeman splitting and atomic magnetometers under strong magnetic fields.We theoretically and experimentally study the saturated absorption spectra using a 100-μm cesium MC,where the pump and probe beams are linearly polarized with mutually perpendicular polarizations,and the magnetic field is along the pump beam.Because of the distinctive thin chamber of the MC,crossover spectral lines in saturated absorption spectra are largely suppressed leading to clear splittings of hyperfine Zeeman transitions in experiments,and the effect of spatial magnetic field gradient is expected to be reduced.A calculation method is proposed to achieve good agreements between theoretical calculations and experimental results.This method successfully explains the suppression of crossover lines in MCs,as well as the effects of magnetic field direction,propagation and polarization directions of the pump/probe beam on saturated absorption spectrum.The saturated absorption spectrum with suppressed crossover lines is used for laser frequency stabilization,which may provide the potential value of MCs for high spatial resolution strong-field magnetometry with high sensitivity.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 69778021)the Science and Technology Development Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 98JC14007)Shanghai Priority Academic Discipline
文摘Via saturated absorption spectroscopy and thethird-harmonic detection techulque, the hyperfine spectra of127I2 near 532 nm have been observed within the tuningrange of a mini Nd: YVO4-KTP laser. The laser is frequencystabilized against one hypeffine structure (hfs) component of127I2. The analysis of error signal shows that it is possible torealize a bouency stability of 3.0 × l0-l3 at 1 s avrmge time.
