Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms

By Dmitry Budker, W. Gawlik, D. F. Kimball, S. Rochester, V. Yashchuk, A. Weis. 2002

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In this article, we review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. We begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of atomic resonances, and contrast these effects with various nonlinear magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and experimentally since the late 1960s. In recent years, the field of nonlinear magneto-optics has experienced a revival of interest that has led to a number of developments, including the observation of ultra-narrow (1-Hz) magneto-optical resonances, applications in sensitive magnetometry, nonlinear magneto-optical tomography, and the possibility of a search for parity- and time-reversal-invariance violation in atoms.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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High-sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution (2008, background): “The secular Hamilto n an, including a small external field ~ B(t) = (Bx, By, Bz), is H = ~∆S(2) z + gμBBzSz, (3) whereBz is the component of the magnetic field along the NV center’s ax i ndSz takes the values ms = 0,±1.”
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