INCREASING OF THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO IN PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY

Is considered the possibility of increasing the signal / noise ratio in one of the main methods of laser spectroscopy without Doppler broadening – the method of saturated absorption. The colliding beam of laser radiation in a multimode regime is expected to be used. Interaction of counter propagating modes with different frequencies will increase the number of gas atoms effectively interact with the field and, consequently, the value of a narrow resonance line shape. It is shown that the photon noise, which is essentially unavoidable, signal / noise ratio can be increased in a time where – the number of modes. For other noise (power fluctuations of the radiation, noise, photo detector, etc.) the magnitude of the signal / noise ratio may increase again.

Keywords:
laser spectroscopy, optical resonances, optical standards.
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INCREASING OF THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO IN PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY