Laser-microwave spectroscopy of Cu I atoms in S Rydberg state

Author

Dyubko, S.F. ; Efremov, V.A. ; Gerasimov, V.G. ; Efimenko, M.N. ; Perepechay, M.P. ; MacAdam, K.B.

Author_Institution

Karazin Kharkov Nat. Univ. 4, Kharkov

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 4 2008

Firstpage

334

Lastpage

337

Abstract

For the first time the energy level positions of Cu I atoms have been measured with high accuracy by means of laser-microwave spectroscopy in the 77-136 GHz frequency range. The new measurements cover the range of principal quantum number n = 31-38 for Rydberg series S_1/2. Using our measured frequencies in a joint fit together with the frequencies of optical transitions the quantum defect constants for this series are obtained. The description of our spectrometer, measurement technique and results is presented.

Keywords

Rydberg states; copper; energy states; laser beam applications; microwave spectrometers; Cu; S Rydberg state; energy level positions; laser-microwave spectroscopy; optical transitions; quantum defect constants; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Energy measurement; Energy states; Frequency measurement; Laser transitions; Position measurement; Spectroscopy; Time measurement; Rydberg states; microwave spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2008. CAOL 2008. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Crimea

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1973-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1974-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAOL.2008.4671875

Filename

4671875