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NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/063028
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/T02324/01, GR/T02331/01, GR/T02324/02, GR/S21892/02, GR/T02331/02, GR/S21892/01] Funding Source: researchfish
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A three-step laser excitation scheme is used to make absolute frequency measurements of highly excited nF(7/2) Rydberg states in Rb-85 for principal quantum numbers n = 33-100. This work demonstrates the first absolute frequency measurements of rubidium Rydberg levels using a purely optical detection scheme. The Rydberg states are excited in a heated Rb vapour cell and Doppler-free signals are detected via purely optical means. All of the frequency measurements are made using a wavemeter that is calibrated against a Global Positioning System (GPS)-disciplined self-referenced optical frequency comb. We find that the measured levels have a very high frequency stability, and are especially robust against electric fields. The apparatus has allowed measurements of the states to an accuracy of 8.0 MHz. The new measurements are analysed by extracting the modified Rydberg-Ritz series parameters.
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