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Light-induced desorption of alkali-metal atoms from paraffin coating. / Alexandrov, E. B.; Balabas, M. V.; Budker, D.; English, D.; Kimball, D. F.; Li, C. H.; Yashchuk, V. V.
In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 66, No. 4, 2002, p. 429031-4290312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Light-induced desorption of alkali-metal atoms from paraffin coating
AU - Alexandrov, E. B.
AU - Balabas, M. V.
AU - Budker, D.
AU - English, D.
AU - Kimball, D. F.
AU - Li, C. H.
AU - Yashchuk, V. V.
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Observation of nonthermal, light-induced desorption of Cs and Rb atoms from paraffin coating is reported. Buffer-gas-free paraffin-coated cells containing Cs and Rb were exposed to laser light of various intensities and frequencies, and the change of the vapor densities as a function of time was investigated. Because atomic polarization relaxes very slowly in paraffin-coated cells (spin-relaxation times can be [Formula Presented] they are applied in a variety of precision measurements (e.g., magnetometry, discrete symmetry tests, etc.). Light-induced desorption may be useful in such measurements as a method to control atomic density without changing the temperature of the cell. 5555 2002 The American Physical Society.
AB - Observation of nonthermal, light-induced desorption of Cs and Rb atoms from paraffin coating is reported. Buffer-gas-free paraffin-coated cells containing Cs and Rb were exposed to laser light of various intensities and frequencies, and the change of the vapor densities as a function of time was investigated. Because atomic polarization relaxes very slowly in paraffin-coated cells (spin-relaxation times can be [Formula Presented] they are applied in a variety of precision measurements (e.g., magnetometry, discrete symmetry tests, etc.). Light-induced desorption may be useful in such measurements as a method to control atomic density without changing the temperature of the cell. 5555 2002 The American Physical Society.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.042903
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.042903
M3 - Article
VL - 66
SP - 429031
EP - 4290312
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
SN - 1050-2947
IS - 4
ER -
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