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Production and detection of atomic hexadecapole at Earth’s magnetic field

D. F. Jackson KimballWojciech GawlikP. GrishinMicah P. LedbetterDmitry BudkerVictor M. AcostaL. KrzemienSzymon PustelnyMarcis AuzinshValeriy V. YashchukSimon M. Rochester

subject

PhysicsEarth's magnetic fieldchemistryNonlinear opticschemistry.chemical_elementAtomic physicsGround statePolarization (waves)Magnetic fieldRubidium

description

We report a novel method that allows selective creation and detection of a macroscopic long lived hexadecapole polarization in the F = 2 ground state of 87Rb atoms at Earth's magnetic field (510 mG).

https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2007.pdp_a4