Maximizing optical production of metastable xenon
| dc.contributor.author | Lamsal, H.P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Franson, J.D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pittman, T.B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-07T16:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-07T16:00:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The wide range of applications using metastable noble gas atoms has led to a number of different approaches for producing large metastable state densities. Here we investigate a recently proposed hybrid approach that combines RF discharge techniques with optical pumping from an auxiliary state in xenon. We study the effect of xenon pressure on establishing initial population in both the auxiliary state and metastable state via the RF discharge, and the role of the optical pumping beam power in transferring population between the states. We find experimental conditions that maximize the effects, and provide a robust platform for producing relatively large long-term metastable state densities. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (Grant No. 1402708); The Office of Naval Research (Grant N00014-15-1-2229) | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-28-16-24079&id=433959 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 9 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2yoq9-z2od | |
| dc.identifier.citation | H.P. Lamsal, J.D. Franson and T.B. Pittman; Maximizing optical production of metastable xenon; Optics Express, 28, 16, pp. 24079-24087, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.399507 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19074 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.399507 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | OSA Publishing | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
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| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Student Collection | |
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| dc.title | Maximizing optical production of metastable xenon | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |