Quantum Interference Line Shifts of Broad Dipole‐Allowed Transitions

Abstract

High-resolution laser spectroscopy serves the purpose of determining the energy difference between states of atoms and molecules with the best possible accuracy. Therefore, one may face the problem of finding the center of a symmetric line within a small fraction of the line width, or one needs to extract the energy difference from an asymmetric line without a uniquely defined center. Multiplets of atomic resonance lines are subject to mutual line pullings and give rise to asymmetric line distortions due to quantum interference. This paper reviews the treatment of these distortions for dipole-allowed one-photon transitions. Specific examples are given for hydrogen and helium spectroscopy. 1900044 ( 1 of 16) www.advancedsciencenews.com www.ann-phys.orgHere, we have introduced the laser detuning δ = ω L − ω 0 to highlight the symmetry of this expression. [17] Equation (4)

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