Chopped nonlinear magneto-optic rotation: a technique for precision measurements

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2011-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1192v1

Europhysics Letters vol. 94, 53002 (2011)

Physics

Optics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/94/53002

We have developed a technique for precise measurement of small magnetic fields using nonlinear magneto-optic rotation (NMOR). The technique relies on the resonant laser beam being chopped. During the on time, the atoms are optically pumped into an aligned ground state ($\Delta m=2$ coherence). During the off time, they freely precess around the magnetic field at the Larmor frequency. If the on-off modulation frequency matches (twice) the Larmor precession frequency, the rotation is resonantly enhanced in every cycle, thereby making the process like a repeated Ramsey measurement of the Larmor frequency. We study chopped-NMOR in a paraffin-coated Cs vapor cell. The out-of-phase demodulated rotation shows a Lorentzian peak of linewidth 85 $\mu$G, corresponding to a sensitivity of 0.15 nG/$\sqrt{{\rm Hz}}$. We discuss the potential of this technique for the measurement of an atomic electric-dipole moment.

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