Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 10, 100202(2013)

Atomic population distribution of excited states in He electrodeless discharge lamp

Zhiming Tao, Yanfei Wang, Shengnan Zhang, Dongying Wang, Yelong Hong, Wei Zhuang, and Jingbiao Chen

Population ratios between excited states are measured to build the excited state Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (ESFADOF). We calculate these values between the excited states according to the spontaneous transition probabilities using rate equations and the measured intensities of fluorescence spectral lines of He atoms in an electrodeless discharge lamp in the visible spectral region from 350 to 730 nm. The electrodeless discharge lamp with populations in excited states can be used to realize the frequency stabilization reference of the laser frequency standard. This lamp can also build ESFADOFs for submarine communication application in the blue-green wavelength to simplify the system without the use of a pump laser.

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Zhiming Tao, Yanfei Wang, Shengnan Zhang, Dongying Wang, Yelong Hong, Wei Zhuang, Jingbiao Chen. Atomic population distribution of excited states in He electrodeless discharge lamp[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(10): 100202

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Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Received: Apr. 27, 2013

Accepted: Aug. 14, 2013

Published Online: Oct. 8, 2013

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DOI:10.3788/col201311.100202

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