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View SchemaResonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms
| Authors | D. Budker, W. Gawlik, D. F. Kimball, S. M. Rochester, V. V. Yashchuk, A. Weis |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0203077 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0203077 |
| DOI | 10.1103/RevModPhys.74.1153 |
Abstract
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.
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