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A navel optical heterodyne technique for Raman Ramsey spectroscopy of atomic radio frequency resonances is reported. The method allows for high-resolution studies in an atomic beam as well as for the study of collisional velocity diffusion of atoms within an optical Doppler distribution. Our experiments are performed on Zeeman sublevels in the Samarium λ = 570.68 nm (J=1)-(J′=O transition both in an atomic beam and in a vapor; in the latter case rare gas perturbers are added as collision partners. All our experimental findings are in satisfactory agreement with theoretical predictions.
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Mlynek, J., Grimm, R., Buhr, E., Jordan, V. (1987). Raman heterodyne ramsey spectroscopy in local space and velocity space. In: Ehlotzky, F. (eds) Fundamentals of Quantum Optics II. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18035-4_73
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