AC Stark Effect of the 2 3 S 1 → 3 3 P 2 → 26 3 S 1 Cascade of Metastable Helium Atoms
Seung Hyun Lee ∗ · Deuk Su Kim · Ki Tak Won · Chang Su Hwang
Department of Physics, Korea Air Force Academy, Cheongju 363-840, Korea (Received 26 March 2013 : accepted 7 May 2013)
We report experimental results from nonlinear optical effects in laser induced-excitation of Ry- dberg states via the interaction of an atomic helium beam with a laser field. First, the 2
3S
1metastable state of the helium atoms is produced with a reverse polarity discharging DC voltage source. A blue laser, λ = 389 nm, drives the 2
3S
1→ 3
3P
2transition while a resonant laser with a wavelength λ ≈ 796 nm couples the 3
3P
2→ 26
3S
1transition. Scanning the electric fields causing the Stark effect for helium Rydberg atoms, we observed that the AC Stark effect for the spectra depended on the intensities and the detunings from resonance. The measured dependence of the line strengths on the pump laser detuning was in excellent agreement with theory.
PACS numbers: 32.60.+i, 32.70.Fw, 32.80.Rm
Keywords: Metastable state, Helium atoms, Rydberg atoms, AC Stark effect
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PACS numbers: 32.60.+i, 32.70.Fw, 32.80.Rm
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