УДК: 535.372

Fluorescence filters based on alkali-metal atomic vapors

Kulyasov, V.N., Shilov, V.B., Yakovlev, V.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Кулясов В.Н., Шилов В.Б., Яковлев В.А. Флуоресцентные фильтры на парах атомов щелочных металлов // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 6. С. 44–47.

Kulyasov V.N., Shilov V.B., Yakovlev V.A. Fluorescence filters based on alkali-metal atomic vapors [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 6. P. 44–47.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. N. Kulyasov, V. B. Shilov, and V. A. Yakovlev, "Fluorescence filters based on alkali-metal atomic vapors," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(6), 360-362 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000360

Abstract:

We study the characteristics of narrow-band atomic fluorescence filters intended for isolation of usable signals from broadband background radiation. These filters use alkali-metal atomic vapors as the filter medium, and we compare the parameters of various filters. Filters using allowed transitions in rubidium and cesium were found to offer the best designs.

Keywords:

spectral-selective filtering, fluorescence, atomic transition, quantum efficiency

OCIS codes: 020.1335, 120.2440

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