Phys. Rev. A 66, 033406 (2002) [3 pages]Skew light propagation in optically thick optical pumping cellsReceived 25 March 2002; published 27 September 2002 Circularly polarized light propagating at an angle to the external magnetic field does not optically pump atoms to full transparency under conditions common to spin-exchange optical pumping experiments. This causes excess absorption of the pumping light that can significantly reduce the efficiency of the optical pumping process even for angles of a few degrees. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.033406
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.033406
PACS:
32.80.Bx, 33.25.+k, 34.30.+h
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