A novel absorption resonance for all-optical atomic clocks
Atomic Physics
2009-11-11 v1 Optics
Abstract
We report an experimental study of an all-optical three-photon-absorption resonance (known as a "N-resonance") and discuss its potential application as an alternative to atomic clocks based on coherent population trapping (CPT). We present measurements of the N-resonance contrast, width and light-shift for the D1 line of 87Rb with varying buffer gases, and find good agreement with an analytical model of this novel resonance. The results suggest that N-resonances are promising for atomic clock applications.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0501090,
title = {A novel absorption resonance for all-optical atomic clocks},
author = {Sergei Zibrov and Irina Novikova and David F. Phillips and Aleksei V. Taichenachev and Valeriy I. Yudin and Ronald L. Walsworth and Alexander S. Zibrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0501090},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 6 figures