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Phys. Rev. A 73, 023817 (2006) [11 pages]

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

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S. Pustelny1, D. F. Jackson Kimball2, S. M. Rochester3, V. V. Yashchuk4, W. Gawlik1, and D. Budker3,5
1Centrum Badań Magnetooptycznych, Instytut Fizyki im. M. Smoluchowskiego, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 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

Specific types of atomic coherences between Zeeman sublevels can be generated and detected using a method based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with frequency-modulated light. Linearly polarized, frequency-modulated light is employed to selectively generate ground-state coherences between Zeeman sublevels for which Δm=2 and Δm=4 in 85Rb and 87Rb atoms, and additionally Δm=6 in 85Rb. The atomic coherences are detected with a separate, unmodulated probe light beam. Separation of the pump and probe beams enables independent investigation of the processes of creation and detection of the atomic coherences. With the present technique the transfer of the Zeeman coherences, including high-order coherences, from excited to ground state by spontaneous emission has been observed.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

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
 
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