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Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: In this article, fast coherent transients in Cs have been detected, which result from the hyperfine splitting of the ground and first excited 6p fine structure states, which has been performed to test the method for measurements of splitting frequencies in the 10 GHz range.
Abstract: Recently we could demonstrate that time-resolved coherence spectroscopy with polarization selective detection is a powerful tool for Doppoler-free measurements of atomic level splittings in the GHz-range [1] In this contribution we report on the observation of fast coherent transients in Cs. Quantum-beats in forward scattering have been detected, which result from the hyperfine splitting of the ground and first excited 6p fine structure states. These investigations have been performed to test the method for measurements of splitting frequencies in the 10 GHz range and to verify a theroretical model which has been derived for description of atomic coherence in alkaline atoms.

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Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: In this article, it has been shown that modulated optical light can create atomic coherence between close lying atomic substates and therefore can be used to measure the energy splitting between these states.
Abstract: Already in the early days of optical pumping spectroscopy it has been shown that modulated optical light can create atomic coherence between close lying atomic substates and therefore can be used to measure the energy splitting between these states [1]. In this context optical pumping with a pulse train has often been mentioned but only scarcely applied for quantitative measurements.