Ground-state Hanle effect based on atomic alignment
- Breschi, Evelina Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Weis, Antoine Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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30.11.2012
Published in:
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. - 2012, vol. 86, no. 5, p. 053427
English
We have studied the ground-state Hanle effect (GSHE) excited by linearly polarized laser light on the D₁ line of cesium atoms. We have solved algebraically the Liouville equation using the irreducible tensor formalism, and derive an analytical expression for the resonance line shapes in a magnetic field of arbitrary direction. The model predictions are in excellent agreement with experimental observations in various field geometries. Our model is valid for arbitrary F→F′ transitions in the low-power limit. We discuss the relation between the GSHE and electromagnetically induced transparency or absorption. Our approach allows a full understanding of the mechanism of the GSHE and provides tools for quantifying the resonance contrast, a crucial parameter for metrological applications of level crossing resonances.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 31111
- DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053427
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/302770
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