Calculation of a linear-Stark effect in D-line absorption in rubidium

J. Hodgdon, B. R. Heckel, and E. N. Fortson
Phys. Rev. A 43, 3343 – Published 1 April 1991
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Abstract

An external electric field can induce M1 and E2 amplitudes in the D lines of alkali-metal atoms, which interfere with the normal E1 amplitudes of these lines, causing the absorption to depend linearly upon the external field and upon the initial spin polarization of the atoms. We discuss this effect and calculate its size for the D lines of rubidium.

  • Received 20 September 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.43.3343

©1991 American Physical Society

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J. Hodgdon, B. R. Heckel, and E. N. Fortson

  • Department of Physics, FM-15, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

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Vol. 43, Iss. 7 — April 1991

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