Detailed Look at Aspects of Optical Pumping in Sodium

Published

January 1, 1985

Author(s)

Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley

Abstract

Calculations and measurements are presented of the increase in F-bar=1 ground-state population as a function of incident laser intensity in optically pumped sodium. The calculations involve numerical integration of a multilevel version of the optical Bloch equations. Agreement between experiment and theory is good when proper account is taken of the residual Doppler width in the atomic beam, which causes a larger increase in the F-bar=1 population. The F-bar=1 population increases by 3.5% at 35 mW/cm², the highest laser intensity investigated.

Citation

Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)

Volume

31

Issue

6

Pub Type

Journals

Citation

McClelland, J. and Kelley, M. (1985), Detailed Look at Aspects of Optical Pumping in Sodium, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed April 18, 2024)