Naslov
Optical pumping of the Zeeman components in the rubidium vapor

Autori
Školnik, Gordana ; Vujičić, Nataša ; Ban, Ticijana

Izvornik
Optics Communications (0030-4018) 282 (2009), 7; 1326-1334

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
saturation absorption spectroscopy; rubidium; rubidium hyperfine levels; rubidium atoms in external magnetic field; alignment processes

Sažetak
We investigated the optical pumping of the Zeeman components of rubidium atoms, in the presence of the external magnetic field ranging from the geomagnetic up to 130 Gauss. Using the saturated absorption spectroscopy with linearly polarized pump and probe laser beams, the rubidium Doppler-free spectra at different magnetic field strengths were measured. The dips (negative intensity signals) in the saturated absorption spectra of the 87Rb hyperfine transition lines were observed. They come as a result of the alignment process induced by the incoherent population transfer due to the hyperfine optical pumping. By inspection of the dips for different magnetic field strengths we were able to conclude about the dynamics of the alignment process in the external magnetic field. Present work is a part of the investigations concerning the influence of the magnetic field on the velocity selective optical pumping of the rubidium atoms induced by femtosecond frequency comb [D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderovic´ , G. Pichler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 233001 ; T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderovic´ , G. Pichler, Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 043407].

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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