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Light-induced polarization effects in atoms with partially resolved hyperfine structure and applications to absorption, fluorescence, and nonlinear magneto-optical rotation
Simon M. RochesterDmitry BudkerMarcis Auzinshsubject
PhysicsAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)FOS: Physical sciencesPolarization (waves)FluorescenceAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticslaw.inventionPhysics - Atomic PhysicsNonlinear systemlawLight inducedPhysics::Atomic PhysicsOptical rotationAtomic physicsFaraday cageGround stateHyperfine structuredescription
The creation and detection of atomic polarization is examined theoretically, through the study of basic optical-pumping mechanisms and absorption and fluorescence measurements, and the dependence of these processes on the size of ground- and excited-state hyperfine splittings is determined. The consequences of this dependence are studied in more detail for the case of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in the Faraday geometry (an effect requiring the creation and detection of rank-two polarization in the ground state) with alkali atoms. Analytic formulas for the optical rotation signal under various experimental conditions are presented.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-18 |