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Doppler-free excitation of the weak 6S 1/2-8P 1/2 cesium transition at 389 nm

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We report the resolution of the hyperfine structure of the 6S 1/2-8P 1/2 Cs transition by means of laser saturation spectroscopy. This transition is anomalously weak as discussed by zu Putlitz in 1969. The metrological potentialities of this narrow line are illustrated together with a possible scheme for a direct frequency measurement.

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  1. Department of Physics and European Laboratory for Non Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Largo E. Fermi 2, I-50125, Firenze, Italy

    F. S. Cataliotti, C. Fort, F.S. Pavone & M. Inguscio

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Cataliotti, F.S., Fort, C., Pavone, F. et al. Doppler-free excitation of the weak 6S 1/2-8P 1/2 cesium transition at 389 nm. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 38, 31–33 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004600050059

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