Open AccessВнутридопплеровские резонансы затухания свободной поляризации в ультратонких газовых ячейках
Author(s) -
А.Ч. Измайлов
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optika i spektroskopiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-6694
pISSN - 0030-4034
DOI - 10.21883/os.2021.01.50435.238-20
Subject(s) - monochromatic color , wavelength , optics , radiation , spectroscopy , polarization (electrochemistry) , materials science , atomic physics , doppler effect , spectral line , linear polarization , relaxation (psychology) , laser , physics , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , quantum mechanics , astronomy
The linear-optical effect of the free polarization decay (FPD) in an ultrathin gas cell, the internal thickness of which is less than or of the order of the wavelength of the exciting monochromatic laser radiation, transmitted orthogonally to the plane-parallel walls of this cell, is theoretically investigated. The considered coherent FPD signal is emitted immediately after an abrupt interruption of such a relatively weak stationary radiation. Sub-Doppler resonances arising at the central frequencies of the studied quantum transitions in the spectra of the intensity and energy of the FPD as a result of the transit-time relaxation of atoms in the gas cell are established and analyzed. A significant dependence of these resonances and the dynamics of the FPD on the ratio of the inner thickness of the ultrathin cell to the wavelength of the exciting monochromatic radiation is shown. The narrow, high-contrast sub-Doppler resonances of the FPD detected and investigated in the linear-optical regime can be used in ultrahigh-resolution atomic (molecular) spectroscopy, as well as references for compact frequency standards.