Abstract
We show that, by measuring the interference between quadrupole and dc-field-induced sum-frequency generation, both the magnitude and the sign of a quadrupole matrix element can be obtained relative to the dipole matrix elements in atomic transitions. We use the measurement of of sodium to demonstrate the technique.
- Received 13 January 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.647
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