On the Possibility of High Precision Beam-Foil Spectroscopy Using a Modified Lamb-Dip Technique,
Abstract
The application of beam-foil techniques to high precision atomic physics is complicated by dispersion in the atomic velocities. This is analogous to the thermal Doppler broadening found in conventional laboratory sources. The advent of stable high-intensity laser sources has led to saturation (Lamb-dip) spectroscopy, which enables measurement eigenfrequencies and natural lifetimes independent of the Doppler width. The application of this idea to beam-foil experiments involves two (tunable) laser sources. A simple calculation suggests that the resolution might be improved by several orders of magnitude. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0767666
Entities
People
- A. D. Maio
- M. O. Scully
- W. Chow
Organizations
- University of Arizona