Velocity-selective EIT measurement of potassium Rydberg states
Xu, Wenchao · DeMarco, Brian
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We demonstrate a velocity selection scheme that mitigates suppression of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by Doppler shifts for low--high EIT probe--coupling wavelength ordering. An optical pumping beam counter-propagating with the EIT probe beam transfers atoms between hyperfine states in a velocity selective fashion. Measurement of the transmitted probe beam synchronous with chopping of the optical pumping beam enables a Doppler-free EIT signal to be detected. Transition frequencies between 5P₁/₂ and nS₁/₂ states for n=26, 27, and 28 in ³⁹K are obtained via EIT spectroscopy in a heated vapor cell with a probe beam stabilized to the 4S₁/₂→5P₁/₂ transition. Using previous high-resolution measurements of the 4S₁/₂₁/₂ transitions, we make a determination of the absolute frequency of the 4S₁/₂→5P₁/₂ transition. Our measurement is shifted by 560 MHz from the currently accepted value with a two-fold improvement in uncertainty. These measurements will enable novel experiments with Rydberg-dressed ultracold Fermi gases composed of ⁴⁰K atoms.
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