Hyperfine dipole-dipole broadening of selective reflection spectroscopy at the gas-solid interface

State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University - Taiyuan 030006, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University - Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China

^(a) zhaoyt@sxu.edu.cn

Received: 17 August 2016
Accepted: 12 October 2016

Abstract

We theoretically and experimentally investigate hyperfine dipole-dipole broadening in the selective reflection (SR) spectroscopy at the gas-solid interface with the atomic density of 10¹⁴–10¹⁵ cm⁻³. The two-level SR theory considering pump beam and dipole-dipole interaction between excited-state atom and ground-state atom is presented. The numerical simulation of the SR spectrum is in agreement with experimental results. The reduction of spectral width is observed by introducing a pump beam which is an effective technique to improve the resolution of spectroscopy. We analyze the dependence of dipole-dipole broadening on atomic density and pump beam power. This study is helpful for the description of the SR spectroscopy at the gas-solid interface where the Doppler broadening is comparable with dipole-dipole broadening.