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Multilayer gas cells for sub-Doppler spectroscopy
We have carried out theoretical research on ultra-high resolution
spectroscopy of atoms (or molecules) in the suggested cell with a series of
plane-parallel thin gas layers between spatially separated gas regions of this
cell for optical pumping and probing. It is shown the effective velocity
selection of optically pumped atoms because of their specific transit time and
collisional relaxation in such a cell, which lead to narrow sub-Doppler
resonances in absorption of the probe monochromatic light beam. Resolution of
this spectroscopic method is analyzed in cases of stationary and definite
nonstationary optical pumping of atoms by the broadband radiation versus
geometrical parameters of given cells and pumping intensity. The suggested
multilayer gas cell is the compact analog of many parallel atomic (molecular)
beams and may be used also as the basis of new compact optical frequency
standards of high accuracy.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
Saturation effects in the sub-Doppler spectroscopy of Cesium vapor confined in an Extremely Thin Cell
Saturation effects affecting absorption and fluorescence spectra of an atomic
vapor confined in an Extremely Thin Cell (cell thickness ) are
investigated experimentally and theoretically. The study is performed on the
line ( of and concentrates on the two
situations and , the most contrasted ones with
respect to the length dependence of the coherent Dicke narrowing. For , the Dicke-narrowed absorption profile simply broadens and
saturates in amplitude when increasing the light intensity, while for , sub-Doppler dips of reduced absorption at line-center appear on the
broad absorption profile. For a fluorescence detection at ,
saturation induces narrow dips, but only for hyperfine components undergoing a
population loss through optical pumping. These experimental results are
interpreted with the help of the various existing models, and are compared with
numerical calculations based upon a two-level modelling that considers both a
closed and an open system.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figure
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