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This paper deals with a theoretical and experimental study that descri
bes the effect of a frequency detuning of the laser used to achieve op
tical pumping in a small optically pumped cesium beam resonator. The g
round state Zeeman sublevels with opposite angular momentum are unequa
lly populated, leading to an asymmetrical microwave spectrum. The rela
tive population asymmetry as a function of the laser frequency has a d
ispersion-like shape. Its dependence on laser intensity, applied magne
tic field, and laser linewidth is demonstrated for a laser at 852 mn a
nd tuned to the (S1/2F)-S-2 = 3 --> (P3/2F)-P-2' = 3 transition of the
Cs D-2 line. Finally, the effect of a slight laser detuning on the Ra
bi pulling frequency shift is discussed.