Nonlinear Faraday Rotation and Superposition-State Detection in Cold Atoms

Details Nonlinear Faraday Rotation and Superposition-State Detection in Cold Atoms Nonlinear Faraday Rotation and Superposition-State Detection in Cold Atoms

2010-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/1001.1629v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

5 pages, 6 figures

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We report on the first observation of nonlinear Faraday rotation with cold atoms at a temperature of ~100 uK. The observed nonlinear rotation of the light polarization plane is up to 0.1 rad over the 1 mm size atomic cloud in approximately 10 mG magnetic field. The nonlinearity of rotation results from long-lived coherence of ground-state Zeeman sublevels created by a near-resonant light. The method allows for creation, detection and control of atomic superposition states. It also allows applications for precision magnetometry with high spatial and temporal resolution.

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