• DocumentCode
    3234884
  • Title

    Direct two-photon resonant excitation and absolute frequency measurement of cesium transitions using a femtosecond comb

  • Author

    Mbele, Vela ; Stalnaker, Jason E. ; Gerginov, Vladislav ; Fortier, Tara M. ; Diddams, Scott A. ; Hollberg, Leo ; Tanner, Carol E.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Standards & Technol., Boulder
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-25 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    147
  • Lastpage
    148
  • Abstract
    We measure the optical transition frequencies of the 6s 2S1/2 rarr 8s 2S1/2, 9s 2S1/2, and 7d 2D3/2,5/2 transitions in a 133Cs vapor cell, with an uncertainty < 100 kHz using a femtosecond laser frequency comb.
  • Keywords
    atom-photon collisions; caesium; frequency measurement; high-speed optical techniques; photoexcitation; two-photon processes; 133Cs vapor cell; Cs; absolute frequency measurement; cesium transitions; femtosecond comb; femtosecond laser; optical transition frequencies; two-photon resonant excitation; Frequency measurement; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical filters; Pump lasers; Resonance; Ring lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0926-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1099-4742
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288375
  • Filename
    4288375