Design of a Measuring Device and Experimental Study into the Relationship between Temperature and the Density of Alkali Metal-Vapor

Abstract

The temperature of the alkali metal cell, which affects the density of the alkali-metal vapor and the gas pressure, is usually difficult to measure directly. However, the temperature of the alkali-metal cell and the density of the alkali-metal vapor are important parameters that affect the performance of the atomic sensor. In this paper, a device that can directly measure the internal temperature of an alkali metal cell in real time is designed for the first time to explore the relationship between alkali-metal vapor density and temperature. Alkali-metal vapor density is measured using the absorption spectrum. The pressure broadening model, combined with the transition of four hyperfine levels, was used to fit the absorption line of 87Rb D1 under the action of 700 Torr N2, and a good fitting effect was obtained. The experimental results show that the density of 87Rb is less than the value calculated by the empirical formula. Based on the experimental results, we give the calculation formula of 87Rb density with an uncertainty of only 4% and obtain the temperature dependence index of the line width and linear displacement of 87Rb in N2 by analyzing the absorption spectrum.

Keywords

• absorption spectrum
• alkali metal cell temperature
• alkali-metal vapor density