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PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume 87, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013416
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- Laboratoire National de Metrologie et d'Essais [LNE-DRST 10-3-005]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR ISIMAC) [ANR-11-ASTR-0004]
- Delegation Generale de l'Armement (DGA)
- Region de Franche-Comte
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-11-ASTR-0004] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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We report on a theoretical study and experimental characterization of coherent-population-trapping (CPT) resonances in buffer-gas-filled vapor cells with push-pull optical pumping (PPOP) on Cs D-1 line. We point out that the push-pull interaction scheme is identical to the so-called lin perpendicular to lin polarization scheme. Expressions of the relevant dark states, as well as of absorption, are reported. The experimental setup is based on the combination of a distributed feedback diode laser, a pigtailed intensity Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator (MZ EOM) for optical sideband generation and a Michelson-like interferometer. A microwave technique to stabilize the transfer function operating point of the MZ EOM is implemented for proper operation. A CPT resonance contrast as high as 78% is reported in a cm-scale cell for the magnetic-field-insensitive clock transition. The impact of the laser intensity on the CPT-clock signal key parameters (linewidth, contrast, linewidth/contrast ratio) is reported for three different cells with various dimensions and buffer-gas contents. The potential of the PPOP technique for the development of high-performance atomic vapor-cell clocks is discussed. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013416
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