Direct frequency comb saturation spectroscopy with an ultradense tooth spacing of 100 Hz

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the use of an ultradense electro-optic frequency comb with 100 Hz spacing to perform high-resolution spectroscopy, enabling precise measurements of hyperfine structures and observing narrow features without slow laser scanning.

Contribution

The work introduces a novel method using a 100 Hz spaced electro-optic frequency comb for multiplexed spectroscopy with ultra-narrow linewidth features, eliminating the need for slow laser scans.

Findings

Determined potassium hyperfine splitting with 8 Hz uncertainty.

Observed features with linewidths much narrower than the laser linewidth.

Achieved multiplexed spectroscopy without slow scanning techniques.

Abstract

Electro-optic frequency combs with tooth spacings as low as 100 Hz were employed to probe electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and hyperfine pumping in rubidium and potassium vapor cells. From the potassium EIT transition we were able to determine the ground state hyperfine splitting with a fit uncertainty of 8 Hz. Importantly, because of the mutual coherence between the control and probe beams, which originate from a single laser, features with linewidths several orders-of-magnitude narrower than the laser linewidth could be observed in a multiplexed fashion. This approach removes the need for slow scanning of either a single laser or a traditional mode-locked-laser-based optical frequency comb.