中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (12): 123202-123202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/12/123202

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A novel method to measure the isotope shifts and hyperfine splittings of all ytterbium isotopes for a 399-nm transition

王文丽, 徐信业   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy and Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-12-27 修回日期:2010-06-16 出版日期:2010-12-15 发布日期:2010-12-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10774044), the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB922903), the Science Foundation of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality of China (Grant No. 07JC14019), and the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program of China (Grant No. 07PJ14038).

A novel method to measure the isotope shifts and hyperfine splittings of all ytterbium isotopes for a 399-nm transition

Wang Wen-Li(王文丽) and Xu Xin-Ye(徐信业)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy and Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2009-12-27 Revised:2010-06-16 Online:2010-12-15 Published:2010-12-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10774044), the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB922903), the Science Foundation of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality of China (Grant No. 07JC14019), and the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program of China (Grant No. 07PJ14038).

摘要: We report the experimental results on measuring the isotope shifts and hyperfine splittings of all ytterbium isotopes for a 399-nm transition by using a quite simple and novel method. It benefits from the advantages of the modulation transfer spectroscopy in an ytterbium hollow cathode lamp and the Doppler-free spectroscopy in a collimated ytterbium atomic beam. The key technique in this experiment is simultaneously measuring the frequency separations of the two spectra twice, and the separation difference between two measurements is solely determined by the well-defined frequency of an acousto-optics modulator. Compared with the most of previously reported experimental results, ours are more accurate and completed, which will provide the useful information for developing a more accurate theoretical model to describe the interaction inside an ytterbium atom.

Abstract: We report the experimental results on measuring the isotope shifts and hyperfine splittings of all ytterbium isotopes for a 399-nm transition by using a quite simple and novel method. It benefits from the advantages of the modulation transfer spectroscopy in an ytterbium hollow cathode lamp and the Doppler-free spectroscopy in a collimated ytterbium atomic beam. The key technique in this experiment is simultaneously measuring the frequency separations of the two spectra twice, and the separation difference between two measurements is solely determined by the well-defined frequency of an acousto-optics modulator. Compared with the most of previously reported experimental results, ours are more accurate and completed, which will provide the useful information for developing a more accurate theoretical model to describe the interaction inside an ytterbium atom.

Key words: isotope shift, hyperfine splitting, modulation transfer spectroscopy, ytterbium

中图分类号:  (Fine and hyperfine structure)

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