Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>We have developed a two-pathway Coherent Control technique for measurements of weak optical transition moments. We demonstrate this technique through a measurement of the transition moment of the highly-forbidden magnetic dipole transition between the 6s<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>1/2 and 7s<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>1/2 states in atomic Cesium. The experimental principle is based on a two-pathway excitation, using two phase-coherent laser fields, a fundamental field at 1079 nm and its second harmonic at 539.5 nm. The IR field induces a strong two-photon transition, while the 539.5 nm field drives a pair of weak one-photon transitions: a Stark-induced transition of controllable strength as well as the magnetic dipole transition. Observations of the interference between these transitions for different Stark-induced transition amplitudes, allow a measurement of the ratio of the magnetic dipole to the Stark-induced moment. The interference between the transitions is controlled by modulation of the phase-delay between the two optical fields. Our determination of the magnetic dipole moment is at the 0.4% level and in good agreement with previous measurements, and serves as a benchmark for our technique and apparatus. We anticipate that with further improvement of the apparatus detection sensitivity, the demonstrated scheme can be used for measurements of the very weak Parity Violation transition moment on the Cesium 6s<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>1/2→7s<sup>2</sup>S<sub>1/2</sub>1/2 transition.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Year
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Antypas, Dionysios
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Daniel S. Elliott
- Ephraim Fischbach
- David D. Nolte
- Sergei Savikhin
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/183
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-1031