Major ideas
1) Saturation Absorption: used to determine the frequency of transitions between ground and excited states in atoms
2) Fluorescence
OR
3) Doppler broadening
Major equipment
1) The diode laser
2) Rubidium Cell
Data analysis
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2)
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See the attached PDF files below. The numbers suggest an order in which to read them. Documents 1-4 can be viewed as preparatory material, while document 5 is the guide to the experiment.
See the attached "apparatus.pdf" document below for detailed information on the experimental setup.
Manufacturer information:
http://www.teachspin.com/diode-laser-spectroscopy-1.html
Bibliography:
https://sites.google.com/site/physicslabrefs/home/08-atoms-molecules#anchor%204