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We present and characterize a laser system for the spectroscopy on highly-charged ^209Bi^82+ ions at a wavelength of 243.87 nm. For absolute frequency stabilization, the laser system is locked to a near-infra-red laser stabilized to a…
We report the phenomena of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) using two identical beams in rubidium atomic vapor. The {\Lambda}-type EIT configuration is employed to examine the…
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A free-induction-decay (FID) type optically-pumped rubidium atomic magnetometer driven by a radio-frequency (RF) magnetic field is presented in this paper. Influences of parameters, such as the temperature of rubidium vapor cell, the power…
We present the derivation of the frequency dependent scalar, vector, and tensor dynamical polarizabilities for the two hyperfine levels of the 87Rb atom 5s ground state. Based on the characterization of the dynamical polarizabilities, we…
The superfluid - Mott insulator transition in a BEC confined in an amplitude - modulated optical lattice can be manipulated by the modulation strength. Two standing laser waves of main and sideband frequencies of an optical lattice induce a…
We demonstrated transferring the stability of one highly stable clock laser operating at 729 nm to another less stable laser operating at 698 nm. The two different wavelengths were bridged using an optical frequency comb. The improved…
The serrodyne principle enables shifting the frequency of an electromagnetic signal by applying a linear phase ramp in the time domain [1]. This phenomenon has been exploited to frequency-shift signals in the radiofrequency (RF), microwave…
We report on the absolute frequency determination of the 5s5p $^1P_1$ - 5s5d $^1D_2$ transition in atomic strontium, achieved through frequency comb-referenced laser-induced-fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy. We excite the 5s$^2$ $^1S_0$ -…
EPR transient nutation spectroscopy is used to measure the effective field (Rabi frequency) for multiphoton transitions in a two-level spin system bichromatically driven by a transverse microwave (MW) field and a longitudinal…
Applications relying on mid-infrared radiation (Mid-IR, $\lambda\sim$ 3-30 $\mu$m) have progressed at a very rapid pace in recent years, stimulated by scientific and technological breakthroughs. Mid-IR cameras have propelled the field of…
We present an all-optical detection approach to determine the position and spatial profile of an electron beam based on quantum properties of alkali metal atoms. To measure the electric field, produced by an electron beam, we excite thermal…