Observation of oscillations in resonance absorption from a coherent superposition of atomic states

Theodore W. Ducas; Michael G. Littman; Myron L. Zimmerman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.1752

Observation of oscillations in resonance absorption from a coherent superposition of atomic states

Theodore W. Ducas, Michael G. Littman, Myron L. Zimmerman

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A technique is described for high-resolution spectroscopy using resonance absorption from a laser to monitor the time evolution of a coherently excited superposition of atomic states. As a demonstration a measurement was made of the 3P122 hyperfine splitting in sodium.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1752-1754
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	35
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.1752
State	Published - 1975
Externally published	Yes

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Observation of oscillations in resonance absorption from a coherent superposition of atomic states

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