Enhanced efficiency in separation of Rb isotopes by light-induced drift with the use of a diode laser with relaxation sidebands
- 22 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (8), 602-604
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99377
Abstract
An AlGaAs diode laser oscillating in a single Fabry–Perot mode with strong relaxation sidebands is observed to separate the two naturally occurring isotopes of rubidium by means of light-induced drift at much lower powers than has been reported with a single-mode ring dye laser. The sideband frequency displacement is approximately equal to the ground-state hyperfine splitting, so that optical hyperfine pumping is largely eliminated.Keywords
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