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Laser spectroscopy

Study of the Rabi splitting at the 5P_3/2 → 5D_5/2,3/2 transitions in the ⁸⁷Rb atom upon cascade excitation in a magnetooptical trap

A. V. Akimov^ab, E. O. Tereshchenko^ab, S. A. Snigirev^ab, A. Yu. Samokotin^ab, A. V. Sokolov^ab, V. N. Sorokin^ba

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region

Abstract: The level splitting appearing upon cascade excitation of the 5D_5/2 and 5D_3/2 levels of the ⁸⁷Rb atom in a magnetooptical trap is studied experimentally. The 5S_5/2 and 5P_3/2 levels are coupled by a cooling laser field, the Rabi frequency being comparable with the rate of spontaneous decay of the 5P_3/2 level. The experimental spectral profiles are compared with a theoretical model.

PACS: 37.10.De, 37.10.Gh, 42.62.Fi

Received: 09.09.2009
Revised: 03.11.2009