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Tune-out wavelengths for the alkaline earth atoms

Atomic Physics 2015-06-16 v1

Abstract

The lowest 3 tune-out wavelengths of the four alkaline-earth atoms, Be, Mg, Ca and Sr are determined from tabulations of matrix elements produced from large first principles calculations. The tune-out wavelengths are located near the wavelengths for 3P1o^3P^o_1 and 1P1o^1P^o_1 excitations. The measurement of the tune-out wavelengths could be used to establish a quantitative relationship between the oscillator strength of the transition leading to existence of the tune-out wavelength and the dynamic polarizability of the atom at the tune-out frequency. The longest tune-out wavelengths for Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Yb are 454.9813 nm, 457.2372 nm, 657.446 nm, 689.200 nm, 788.875 nm and 553.00 nm respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1307.7264,
  title  = {Tune-out wavelengths for the alkaline earth atoms},
  author = {Yongjun Cheng and Jun Jiang and Jim Mitroy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7264},
  year   = {2015}
}