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Rubidium Isotope Shift Measurement using Noisy Lasers

ORAL

Abstract

We describe theoretically why the typical advanced undergraduate rubidium SAS laboratory works well with free-running laser diodes, demonstrate it experimentally using these lasers tuned to either principal near-infrared transitions, and show an extension of the laboratory using the modulation transfer spectroscopy method.

Authors

  • Alex Giovannone

    The Ohio State University

  • Theodore Bucci

    Youngstown State University

  • Jonathan Feigert

    Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown State University

  • Michael Crescimanno

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown State University

  • Brandon Chamberlain

    The Ohio State University