Magneto-Optical Stern-Gerlach Effect in Atomic Ensemble

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2008-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/0802.0333v3

Phys. Rev. A 78, 013833 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

7 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.78.013833

We study the birefringence of the quantized polarized light in a magneto-optically manipulated atomic ensemble as a generalized Stern-Gerlach Effect of light. To explain this engineered birefringence microscopically, we derive an effective Shr\"odinger equation for the spatial motion of two orthogonally polarized components, which behave as a spin with an effective magnetic moment leading to a Stern-Gerlach split in an nonuniform magnetic field. We show that electromagnetic induced transparency (EIT) mechanism can enhance the magneto-optical Stern-Gerlach effect of light in the presence of a control field with a transverse spatial profile and a inhomogeneous magnetic field.

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