Motional stark effect in high magnetic fields: A new technique for sub-doppler spectroscopy

M. Rosenbluh, Terry A. Miller, David M. Larsen, B. Lax

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Abstract

We have observed transitions between Rydberg states of He with sub-Doppler resolution, using a novel technique. Ordinary Doppler line shapes, observed at low magnetic fields, are completely altered at high fields by the quadratic Stark effect induced by velocity-dependent electric fields arising from atomic motion transverse to the magnetic field. The high-field line shape has an abrupt cutoff, corresponding to v0 atoms, whose slope is primarily limited by the homogeneous linewidth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)874-877
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume39
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 1977
Externally publishedYes

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