Precision frequency measurement of super(1)S sub(0)- super( 3)P sub(1) intercombination lines of Sr isotopes

• Published in: Chinese physics B 2015-01, Vol.24 (1), p.013201-1-013201-8
• Main Authors: Liu, Hui, Gao, Feng, Wang, Ye-Bing, Tian, Xiao, Ren, Jie, Lu, Ben-Quan, Xu, Qin-Fang, Xie, Yu-Lin, Chang, Hong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Collectors; Detectors; Frequency measurement; Isotopes; Lasers; Optical frequency; Strontium; Synthesizers
• ISSN: 1674-1056; 1741-4199
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/1/013201

We report on frequency measurement of the intercombination (5s super(2)) super(1) S sub(0)-(5s5p) super(3)P sub(1) transition of the four natural isotopes of strontium, including super(88)Sr (82.58%), super(87)Sr (7.0%), super(86)Sr (9.86%), and super(84)Sr (0.56%). A narrow-linewidth laser that is locked to an ultra-low expansion (ULE) optical cavity with a finesse of 12000 is evaluated at a linewidth of 200 Hz with a fractional frequency drift of 2.8 x 10 super(-13) at an integration time of 1 s. The fluorescence collector and detector are specially designed, based on a thermal atomic beam. Using a double-pass acousto-optic modulator (AOM) combined with a fiber and laser power stabilization configuration to detune the laser frequency enables high signal-to-noise ratios and precision saturated spectra to be obtained for the six transition lines, which allows us to determine the transition frequency precisely. The optical frequency is measured using an optical frequency synthesizer referenced to an H maser. Both the statistical values and the final values, including the corrections and uncertainties, are derived for a comparison with the values given in other works.