Intensity-dependent precision two-photon Doppler-free spectroscopy of Xe using narrow-bandwidth long-pulse deep-UV laser radiation

Abstract

We report on a precision measurement of the $(5\mathrm{p}{)}^{5}6\mathrm{p}[1/2{]}_0\leftarrow (5\mathrm{p}{)}^6{}^1{\mathrm{S}}_0$ transition wavenumber of Xe by Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy using near-Fourier-transform-limited long pulses of UV-laser radiation. The measurements led to absolute uncertainties of 750~kHz in the two-photon transition wavenumbers for the five dominant isotopes of Xe, e.g., 80118.982918(27)~cm${}^{-1}$ for ${}^{136}$Xe. These values were combined with other precision measurements in Xe to resolve an $\sim 1\mathrm{GHz}$ discrepancy between the ionization energy of Xe obtained in recent measurements from the $(6\mathrm{s})[3/2{]}_2$ metastable state [Herburger {\it et al.} Phys. Rev. A {\bf 109}, 032816 (2024)] and the ionization energy listed in the NIST atomic database. The analysis indicates that the natural-abundance-weighted ionization energy of Xe should be revised by $-0.023$~cm${}^{-1}$ to 97833.7641(20)~cm${}^{-1}$. Large fluctuations in the UV-laser pulse intensities were exploited to characterize intensity-dependent shifts of the observed two-photon transition frequencies. Shifts of up to $-20\mathrm{MHz}$ were observed and attributed to frequency shifts arising from chirps in the amplification and upconversion of the laser radiation rather than to the ac-Stark effect.

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