Ultranarrowband Tunable Dye Laser for New Approaches to Atomic Spectroscopy.
Abstract
The report summarizes a successful experiment to measure the Rydberg constant with an accuracy of one part in 100 million by saturation spectroscopy of the Balmer line of atomic hydrogen and deuterium, using a repetitively pulsed tunable dye laser. The second, largest part of the report gives design features and operating characteristics of a newly developed dye laser oscillator/amplifier system, pumped by 1 MW nitrogen laser, which offers one or two orders of magnitude higher peak power per spectral interval than any other presently available dye laser, using comparable pump source. Its potential for nonlinear molecular spectroscopy is illustrated by a high resolution two-photon excitation spectrum of benzene vapor. The third part reports on the generation of the narrowband tunable ultraviolet radiation by frequency doubling of the dye laser output.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA004629
Entities
People
- Theodor W. Hansch
Organizations
- Stanford University