Comparison of collimated blue light generation in ${}^{85}$Rb atoms via the D${}_1$ and D${}_2$ lines

Nikunj Prajapati, Alexander Akulshin, Irina Novikova

We experimentally studied the characteristics of the collimated blue light (CBL) produced in ${}^{85}$Rb vapor by two resonant laser fields exciting atoms into the $5D_{3/2}$ state…