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Particularities of Optical Pumping Effects in Cold and Ultra-Slow Beams of Na and Cs in the Case of Cyclic Transitions. / Bruvelis, M.; Cinins, A.; Leitis, A.; Efimov, D. K.; Bezuglov, N. N.; Chirtsov, A. S.; Fuso, F.; Ekers, A.
In: Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya), Vol. 119, No. 6, 2015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Particularities of Optical Pumping Effects in Cold and Ultra-Slow Beams of Na and Cs in the Case of Cyclic Transitions
AU - Bruvelis, M.
AU - Cinins, A.
AU - Leitis, A.
AU - Efimov, D. K.
AU - Bezuglov, N. N.
AU - Chirtsov, A. S.
AU - Fuso, F.
AU - Ekers, A.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The time-dependent population dynamics of hyperfine (HF) levels of n 2 p 3/2 states is examined for cyclic transitions in alkali atoms. We study a slow and cold atomic beam of Na (n = 3) and Cs (n = 6), taking into account the long interaction time of light with atoms (~200 μs) inside the resonant laser beam. Simple analytical expressions for the populations of the excited states and for the intensities of the absorption lines are derived for a three-level system model. We show that at moderate pump laser power the mixing of HF levels is sufficient to form a flow of population from a cyclic transition to partially open transitions. We discuss various phenomena associated with the evolution of optical pumping that cannot be explained by general analysis of two-level system model.
AB - The time-dependent population dynamics of hyperfine (HF) levels of n 2 p 3/2 states is examined for cyclic transitions in alkali atoms. We study a slow and cold atomic beam of Na (n = 3) and Cs (n = 6), taking into account the long interaction time of light with atoms (~200 μs) inside the resonant laser beam. Simple analytical expressions for the populations of the excited states and for the intensities of the absorption lines are derived for a three-level system model. We show that at moderate pump laser power the mixing of HF levels is sufficient to form a flow of population from a cyclic transition to partially open transitions. We discuss various phenomena associated with the evolution of optical pumping that cannot be explained by general analysis of two-level system model.
U2 - 10.1134/S0030400X1512005X
DO - 10.1134/S0030400X1512005X
M3 - Article
VL - 119
JO - OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
JF - OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
SN - 0030-400X
IS - 6
ER -
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