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The Effect of an Antirelaxation Coating on Absorption in the D2 Lines of Alkali Metals

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The specific features of absorption in a cell with an antirelaxation coating related to optical pumping and a finite rate of laser-frequency scanning are studied. The internal state of an atom in such cells is likely to remain unaltered after a collision with a wall. This results in optical pumping of an atomic ensemble over all velocities and the entire cell volume. Both the frequency corresponding to the maximum absorption in the D2 line of 133Cs and the absorption maximum itself depend on the sign of laser-frequency scanning. A theoretical model attributing the power dependence of asymmetry of the absorption contour of the 133Cs D2 line to the presence of cyclic transition levels in the system is presented.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. A. Zibrov, D. S. Chuchelov, V. V. Vasiliev & V. L. Velichansky

  2. OOO Atomiks, Moscow, 119602, Russia

    S. A. Zibrov, E. A. Tsygankov, D. S. Chuchelov, V. V. Vasiliev & V. L. Velichansky

  3. OOO Polarus, Troitsk, Moscow, 108841, Russia

    D. I. Sevost’yanov

  4. National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    V. L. Velichansky & V. P. Yakovlev

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Zibrov, E.A. Tsygankov, D.S. Chuchelov, D.I. Sevost’yanov, V.V. Vasiliev, V.L. Velichansky, V.P. Yakovlev, 2018, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2018, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 147–154.

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Zibrov, S.A., Tsygankov, E.A., Chuchelov, D.S. et al. The Effect of an Antirelaxation Coating on Absorption in the D2 Lines of Alkali Metals. Opt. Spectrosc. 124, 143–150 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X18020224

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