Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with frequency-modulated light
By D. Budker, D. F. Kimball, V. Yashchuk, Max Zolotorev. 2002
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A magnetometric technique is demonstrated that may be suitable for precision measurements of fields ranging from the submicrogauss level to above the earth field. It is based on resonant nonlinear magneto-optical rotation caused by atoms contained in a vapor cell with antirelaxation wall coating. Linearly polarized, frequency-modulated laser light is used for optical pumping and probing. If the time-dependent optical rotation is measured at the first harmonic of the modulation frequency, ultra-narrow (\ensuremath{\sim} a few hertz) resonances are observed at near-zero magnetic fields, and at fields where the Larmor frequency coincides with half the light modulation frequency. Upon optimization, the sensitivity of the technique is expected to exceed ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}11} G/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}.$
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Dmitry Budker
- D. F. Kimball
- D. DeMille
- C. Clark
- Andrei Derevianko
- Marianna S. Safronova
- S. J. Seltzer
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- Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms (2002, methodology): “As described in detail by Budker et al. (2002a), the mechanism of BSR NMOR depends critically on the details of the experimental situation.”
- Search for New Physics with Atoms and Molecules (2017, background): “This avoided issues related to light shifts that can be problematic in optical atomic magnetometry experiments (Acosta et al., 2006; Jackson Kimball et al., 2017c, 2013a).”