Forbidden transitions in a magneto-optical trap.
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چکیده
We report the first observation of a nondipole transition in an ultracold atomic vapor. We excite the 3P-4P electric quadrupole (E2) transition in 23Na confined in a magneto-optical trap, and we demonstrate its application to high-resolution spectroscopy by making the first measurement of the hyperfine structure of the 4P(1/2) level and extracting the magnetic dipole constant A=30.6+/-0.1 MHz. We use cw optical-optical double resonance accompanied by photoionization to probe the transition.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 91 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003