Abstract
ABSTRACT Precise Spectroscopy of Xenon Atom Student: Chi-Ming Lin, Advisor: Professor Jow-Tsong Shy Master Degree of Physics Institute, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan This thesis focuses on the Xe mid-IR 5p56p to 5p55d transition spectrum at the wavelength 3107.77 nm. First, we utilize the atomic theory and the available experimental data to estimate the hyperfine structure coefficient and isotope shift among various xenon isotopes. Furthermore, we predict the hyperfine structures in this transition. We expect it can be benefit to our future spectroscopic measurement. We will utilize our laboratory developed DFG (Difference Frequency Generation) light source to proceed the saturation absorption spectroscopic measurement in the future. In this thesis, we accomplish the necessary preparations before experiment. First, we establish the gas filling in a compact pyrex cell at the low pressure of 0.1 mTorr. After that, we successfully ignite the xenon gas discharge by the use of RF discharge. We also observe the Xe spectrum in the visible wavelength to examine the cleanness of this gas cell.