Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of frequency-modulated light resonant with a low-<i>J</i> transition

Yu. P. Malakyan; S. M. Rochester; D. Budker; D. F. Kimball; V. V. Yashchuk

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.69.013817

Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of frequency-modulated light resonant with a low-J transition

Yu. P. Malakyan, S. M. Rochester, D. Budker, D. F. Kimball, and V. V. Yashchuk

Phys. Rev. A 69, 013817 – Published 26 January 2004

Abstract

A low-light-power theory of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation of frequency-modulated light resonant with a $J = \vec{1} J^{'} = 0$ transition is presented. The theory is developed for a Doppler-free transition and then modified to account for Doppler broadening and velocity mixing due to collisions. The results of the theory are shown to be in qualitative agreement with experimental data obtained for the rubidium $D 1$ line.

Received 14 September 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.013817

Authors & Affiliations

Yu. P. Malakyan^1,*, S. M. Rochester^2,†, D. Budker^2,3,‡, D. F. Kimball^2,§, and V. V. Yashchuk^2,∥

¹Institute for Physical Research, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ashtarak-2, 378410, Armenia
²Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
³Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

^*Electronic address: yumal@ipr.sci.am
^†Electronic address: simonkeys@yahoo.com
^‡Electronic address: budker@socrates.berkeley.edu
^§Electronic address: dfk@uclink4.berkeley.edu
^∥Electronic address: yashchuk@socrates.berkeley.edu

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