Polarization spectroscopy of the 1S0-3P1 transition of mercury isotopes at 253.7  nm

Xiaohu Fu; Kangkang Liu; Ruchen Zhao; Wei Gou; Jianfang Sun; Zhen Xu; Yuzhu Wang

doi:10.3788/COL201513.073001

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 7, 073001(2015)

Polarization spectroscopy of the ¹S₀-³P₁ transition of mercury isotopes at 253.7 nm

Xiaohu Fu^1,2, Kangkang Liu^1,2, Ruchen Zhao^1,2, Wei Gou^1,2, Jianfang Sun¹, Zhen Xu^1,2,3、*, and Yuzhu Wang^1,2,3

¹Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China

³Center for Cold Atom Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic of PS. BD, beam dump.

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Fig. 2. Overall PS of the S01-P31 transition of Hg isotopes.

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Fig. 3. Details of PS of all different transitions: (a), PS of Hg199(1/2), Hg204, and Hg201(5/2); (b) PS of Hg202; (c) PS of Hg200; (d) PS of Hg201(3/2) and Hg198; (e) PS of Hg199(3/2) and Hg201(1/2).

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Fig. 4. Relation of the amplitude (slope) of the PS of Hg202 and pump power at a probe power of 200 μW. Results are averaged from five measurements.

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Fig. 5. Relation of the amplitude (slope) of the PS of Hg202 and probe power at a pump power of 1 mW. Results are averaged from five measurements.

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Fig. 6. (a) PS signals of Hg202 with different rotation angles (0°, 15°, 30°, and 45°). Blue dots, actual signal. Red line, fitting result; (b) amplitude of the Lorentzian component in the PS of Hg202 with different angles; (c) amplitude of the dispersion component in the PS of Hg202 with different angles.

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Table 1. Natural Abundance and Nuclear Spin of Hg Isotopesa
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Table 1. Natural Abundance and Nuclear Spin of Hg Isotopesa
Isotopes (Atomic Mass) Natural Abundance (%) Nuclear Spin I
196 0.15 0
198 10.1 0
199 17.0 1/2
200 23.1 0
201 13.2 3/2
202 29.6 0
204 6.85 0

Table 2. Frequency Shifts, Relative to Hg198, of S01-P31 Transitions for All Hg Isotopesa

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Table 2. Frequency Shifts, Relative to Hg198, of S01-P31 Transitions for All Hg Isotopesa

Transitions	Frequency Shift (MHz)
${}^{198}{Hg}$ , $F = 1 / 2$	$- 15,409.0 \pm 12.8$
${}^{204}{Hg}$	$- 15,312.5 \pm 12.8$
${}^{201}{Hg}$ , $F = 5 / 2$	$- 14,658.7 \pm 9.9$
${}^{202}{Hg}$	$- 10,101.8 \pm 4.5$
${}^{200}{Hg}$	$- 4805.4 \pm 4.5$
${}^{201}{Hg}$ , $F = 3 / 2$	$- 676.3 \pm 5.7$
${}^{198}{Hg}$	0
${}^{199}{Hg}$ , $F = 3 / 2$	$6727.3 \pm 6.9$
${}^{201}{Hg}$ , $F = 1 / 2$	$6872.1 \pm 15.3$

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Xiaohu Fu, Kangkang Liu, Ruchen Zhao, Wei Gou, Jianfang Sun, Zhen Xu, Yuzhu Wang, "Polarization spectroscopy of the ¹S₀-³P₁ transition of mercury isotopes at 253.7 nm," Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 073001 (2015)

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