Measurement of relative transition strengths of 133Cs Rydberg D states using electromagnetically induced transparency

Abstract

Abstract Transition strengths between states are fundamental physical properties of atomic spectra. The differences in fine structure splitting of certain states are mainly attributed to the angular momentum parts of transition dipole matrix elements. These can be calculated by integrating the wave-functions theoretically and can be accessed by selecting corresponding polarizations of the exciting lasers experimentally. We measured the transition strengths ratios of nD $$_{5/2}$$ 5 / 2 /nD $$_{3/2}$$ 3 / 2 via Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) by changing the powers and polarizations of probing and coupling lasers in a room temperature cesium vapor cell. The variation of the ratios on the principal quantum number n which ranges from 40 to 62 is also investigated. Theoretical and experimental results agreed with each other.

Keywords

• Transition strengths measurement
• Rydberg atoms
• Electromagnetically induced transparency