Magneto-optical processes in atomic vapor cells with radiation wavelength-scale thickness

A. Papoyan; D. Sarkisyan

doi:10.1117/12.822451

19 December 2008 Magneto-optical processes in atomic vapor cells with radiation wavelength-scale thickness

A. Papoyan, D. Sarkisyan

Proceedings Volume 7027, 15th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications; 70270E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822451
Event: 15th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 2008, Bourgas, Bulgaria

Abstract

Sub-Doppler nature of atomic spectra in alkali metal vapor cells of nanometric thickness L (nanocells) allows one to study peculiarities of magneto-optical processes, which occur in a magnetic field for the case when L is of the order of λ (λ is a laser resonant wavelength). We particularly address the issues of practical implementation of the studied processes. The following results are presented. i) A "λ-Zeeman technique" exploiting velocity-selective optical pumping resonances in L = λ Rb cell placed in a B-field, which allows direct determination frequency shifts and modification of transition probabilities of individual Zeeman transitions in magnetic field and is applicable for development of wide-range (~ 0.1 - 1000 mT) optical magnetometers and tunable frequency reference. ii) A technique for locking the laser radiation frequency, B-field-tunable in ~ 500 MHz range, which is based on selective reflection of a circularly-polarized laser beam from Rb vapor cell with thickness L ≈ λ/2.

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A. Papoyan and D. Sarkisyan "Magneto-optical processes in atomic vapor cells with radiation wavelength-scale thickness", Proc. SPIE 7027, 15th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 70270E (19 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822451

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