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Measurement of the self-broadening rate coefficients of the cesium resonance lines

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Author(s)

Zeina J. Kubarych, J Huennekens, R K. Namiotka, J Sagle

Abstract

The self-broadening rate coefficients of the cesium D1 [62S1/2 - 62P1/2] and D2 [62S1/2 - 62P3/2] resonance lines are determined from the 62P1/2 --> 62D3/2, 62D3/2---> 72D3/2 and 62P3/2 --> 72D5/2 transition lineshapes, which are mapped out using single-mode cw lasers. The self-broadening rates are found from Voigt function fits (including hyperfine structure) to the experimental lineshapes. Our measured D1 and D2 broadening coefficients, kbr(D1) = (5.71.0) ? 10-7 cm3s-1 and kbr(D2) = (6.7?1.1) X 10-7 cm3s-1, are compared to previous experimental and theoretical values in the literature. The present D2 broadening coefficient is smaller, and the D1 broadening coefficient is larger, than theoretical values.
Citation
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Volume
54 (5)

Keywords

Cesium, Laser spectroscopy, Optical physics, Physics

Citation

Kubarych, Z. , Huennekens, J. , Namiotka, R. and Sagle, J. (1995), Measurement of the self-broadening rate coefficients of the cesium resonance lines, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created November 1, 1995, Updated February 19, 2017