TY - JOUR
T1 - Rabi oscillations in the optical pumping of a metastable neon beam with a cw dye laser
AU - Kroon, J.P.C.
AU - Senhorst, H.A.J.
AU - Beijerinck, H.C.W.
AU - Verhaar, B.J.
AU - Verster, N.F.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - We report the measurement of Rabi oscillations in the optical pumping of a beam of metastable neon atoms in a three-level system with a cw dye laser. The laser beam is focused on the atomic beam, resulting in an interaction time with the laser beam of the order of the spontaneous lifetime of the induced transition. The Rabi oscillations are measured by a velocity-resolved analysis of the optically pumped metastable atoms. Adiabatic following is observed when the atoms cross the laser beam outside the waist, induced by the Doppler shifts due to the curvature of the wave fronts.
AB - We report the measurement of Rabi oscillations in the optical pumping of a beam of metastable neon atoms in a three-level system with a cw dye laser. The laser beam is focused on the atomic beam, resulting in an interaction time with the laser beam of the order of the spontaneous lifetime of the induced transition. The Rabi oscillations are measured by a velocity-resolved analysis of the optically pumped metastable atoms. Adiabatic following is observed when the atoms cross the laser beam outside the waist, induced by the Doppler shifts due to the curvature of the wave fronts.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3724
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3724
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 3724
EP - 3732
JO - Physical Review A: General Physics
JF - Physical Review A: General Physics
SN - 0556-2791
IS - 6
ER -