The time-dependent population dynamics of hyperfine (HF) sublevels of n2p3/2 atomic states upon laser excitation in a cold medium of alkali atoms is examined. We demonstrate some peculiarities of the absorption HF multiplet formation in D2-line resulting from a long interaction time (∼200 μs) interaction between light and Na ( n=3) and Cs ( n=6) atoms in a cold and slow sub-thermal ( T∼1K) beam. We analytically describe a number of D2-line-shape effects that are of interest in spectroscopic studies of cold dusty white dwarfs: broadening by optical pumping, intensity redistribution within components of D2-line HF multiplet for partially closed transitions and asymmetry of absorption lines induced by AC Stark shifts for cyclic transitions.

Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Alkali Atoms in Cold Medium of Astrophysical Relevance

Fuso, Francesco
2017-01-01

Abstract

The time-dependent population dynamics of hyperfine (HF) sublevels of n2p3/2 atomic states upon laser excitation in a cold medium of alkali atoms is examined. We demonstrate some peculiarities of the absorption HF multiplet formation in D2-line resulting from a long interaction time (∼200 μs) interaction between light and Na ( n=3) and Cs ( n=6) atoms in a cold and slow sub-thermal ( T∼1K) beam. We analytically describe a number of D2-line-shape effects that are of interest in spectroscopic studies of cold dusty white dwarfs: broadening by optical pumping, intensity redistribution within components of D2-line HF multiplet for partially closed transitions and asymmetry of absorption lines induced by AC Stark shifts for cyclic transitions.
2017
Efimov, Dmitry; Bruvelis, Martins; Bezuglov, Nikolai; Dimitrijević, Milan; Klyucharev, Andrey; Srećković, Vladimir; Gnedin, Yurij; Fuso, Francesco
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