Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition

Carr, C; Adams, C.S.; Weatherill, K.J.

doi:10.1364/ol.37.000118

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Authors

C Carr

Professor Stuart Adams c.s.adams@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Professor Kevin Weatherill k.j.weatherill@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

We demonstrate polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition in room-temperature cesium vapor. An anisotropy induced by a circularly polarized pump beam on the D2 transition is observed using a weak probe on the 6P3/2→7S1/2 transition. At high pump power, a subfeature due to Autler-Townes splitting is observed that theoretical modeling shows is enhanced by Doppler averaging. Polarization spectroscopy provides a simple modulation–free signal suitable for laser frequency stabilization to excited state transitions.

Citation

Carr, C., Adams, C., & Weatherill, K. (2012). Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition. Optics Letters, 37(1), 118-120. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.37.000118

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2012
Deposit Date	Jan 27, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Feb 23, 2012
Journal	Optics Letters
Print ISSN	0146-9592
Electronic ISSN	1539-4794
Publisher	Optica
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	37
Issue	1
Pages	118-120
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.37.000118

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