Pump-probe nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with frequency-modulated light

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S. Pustelny,¹ D. F. Jackson Kimball,² S. M. Rochester,³ V. V. Yashchuk,⁴ W. Gawlik,¹ and D. Budker^3,5
¹Centrum Bada Magnetooptycznych, Instytut Fizyki im. M. Smoluchowskiego, Uniwersytet Jagielloski, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
²Department of Physics, California State University – East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, California 94542, USA
³Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
⁴Advanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California 94720, USA
⁵Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California 94720, USA

Received 15 November 2005; published 21 February 2006

Specifictypes of atomic coherences between Zeeman sublevels can be generatedand detected using a method based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotationwith frequency-modulated light. Linearly polarized, frequency-modulated light is employed toselectively generate ground-state coherences between Zeeman sublevels for which Delta m=2and Delta m=4 in ⁸⁵Rb and ⁸⁷Rb atoms, and additionally Delta m=6in ⁸⁵Rb. The atomic coherences are detected with a separate,unmodulated probe light beam. Separation of the pump and probebeams enables independent investigation of the processes of creation anddetection of the atomic coherences. With the present technique thetransfer of the Zeeman coherences, including high-order coherences, from excitedto ground state by spontaneous emission has been observed.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.023817
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevA.73.023817
PACS:	42.65.An; 32.80.Bx; 33.55.Be; 42.62.Fi 42.65.An Nonlinear optical susceptibility, hyperpolarizability 32.80.Bx Atomic level crossing and optical pumping 33.55.Be Zeeman and Stark effects (molecules) 42.62.Fi Laser spectroscopy YEAR: 2006

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