Observation of Ramsey Fringes Using a Stimulated, Resonance Raman Transition in a Sodium Atomic Beam Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Ramsey fringes have been observed using a stimulated, resonance Raman transition at 1772 MHz excited by two dye lasers in a sodium atomic beam. The width of the central fringe is 650 Hz (half width at half maximum), corresponding to a 30-cm interaction-region separation. The fringes are free from laser jitter because the jitters in both laser beams are correlated. Applications to frequency standards as well as to high-resolution spectroscopy in the microwave to far-ir regions are discussed. 1982 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Physical Review Letters

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Thomas, J. E., Hemmer, P. R., Ezekiel, S., Leiby, C. C., Picard, R. H., & Willis, C. R.

citation count

  • 190

complete list of authors

  • Thomas, JE||Hemmer, PR||Ezekiel, S||Leiby, CC||Picard, RH||Willis, CR

publication date

  • March 1982