High-contrast sub-Doppler absorption spikes in a hot atomic vapor cell exposed to a dual-frequency laser field

The saturated absorption technique is an elegant method widely used in atomic and molecular physics for high-resolution spectroscopy, laser frequency standards and metrology purposes. We have recently discovered that a saturated absorption scheme with a dual-frequency laser can lead to a significant...

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Main Authors: Moustafa Abdel Hafiz, Denis Brazhnikov, Grégoire Coget, Alexei Taichenachev, Valeriy Yudin, Emeric de Clercq, Rodolphe Boudot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa7258