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Experimental method for the measurement of hyperfine transition saturation intensities in a gaseous medium

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A saturated absorption technique, using an actively stabilized cw dye laser has been developed to measure the saturation intensities of hyperfine transitions in a gaseous medium. Hyperfine lines belonging to theB-X system of molecular iodine have been investigated. The experimental method proposed, provides a means for measurement of the absolute value of the saturation parameter of the transition with an accuracy better than 10%. The behavior of the saturation intensity of some transitions with iodine pressure has been investigated in the range 30 m Torr→90mTorr.

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    Present address: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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  1. Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, L.A. au CNRS, Université de Bordeaux I, 351, Cours de la Libération, F-33405, Talence, France

    B. Couillaud, A. Ducasse & A. Dienes

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Couillaud, B., Ducasse, A. & Dienes, A. Experimental method for the measurement of hyperfine transition saturation intensities in a gaseous medium. Appl. Phys. 21, 135–140 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00900675

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