Abstract

Intracavity laser quenching has been used to detect 9 × 10⁷ atoms of Cs vapor. An enhancement factor of about 2000 over the sensitivity for single-pass detection is observed. Known techniques should make it possible to increase the sensitivity level to near 10⁶ atoms.

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