Tunable frequency stabilization to Zeeman sublevel transitions between an intermediate state and Rydberg states

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作者
Bao, Shanxia [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Hao [1 ,2 ]
Zhou, Jian [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Linjie [1 ,2 ]
Zhao, Jianming [1 ,2 ]
Xiao, Liantuan [1 ,2 ]
Jia, Suotang [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Shanxi Univ, Inst Laser Spect, State Key Lab Quantum Opt & Quantum Opt Devices, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
[2] Shanxi Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Extreme Opt, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China
关键词
frequency stabilization; tunable laser; Zeeman effect; Rydberg state; ATOMS; SPECTROSCOPY; BLOCKADE; RUBIDIUM;
D O I
10.1088/1555-6611/27/1/015701
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a robust method of direct laser frequency locking on the Zeeman sublevel transitions between an intermediate state and Rydberg states, with continuously tunable frequency range from -35 MHz to +35 MHz, which is based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) spectra of nondegenerate Zeeman sublevels in a Rydberg cascade system. With a small axial magnetic field, the EIT spectrum will split into two individual sub-peaks due to the Zeeman Effect of three energy levels, including the Cs-133 6S(1/2), 6P(3/2) and nl Rydberg states which form the cascade system. It is shown that the coupling field, corresponding to the transitions between the Zeeman sublevels of the intermediate state and Rydberg state, can be locked arbitrarily on any one of the two EIT sub-peaks. The frequency stability of locked lasers is bounded by 0.81 MHz. The root of Allan variance of the frequency reaches a minimum of 2.06x10(-8) for an averaging time of 512 s.
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