LARGE FREQUENCY-SHIFTS OF ABSORPTION PROFILES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF OPTICAL-PUMPING, LIGHT SHIFT, AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS IN SODIUM VAPOR

Authors
ROHRICHT B ESCHLE P WIGGER C DANGEL S HOLZNER R SUTER D
Citation
B. Rohricht et al., LARGE FREQUENCY-SHIFTS OF ABSORPTION PROFILES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF OPTICAL-PUMPING, LIGHT SHIFT, AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS IN SODIUM VAPOR, Physical review. A, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2434-2437
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2434 - 2437
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:3<2434:LFOAPD>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The absorption profiles of left-hand and right-hand circularly polariz ed laser light propagating through sodium vapor are asymmetric and con siderably frequency shifted if small static magnetic fields are presen t. Using an analytical model we show how optical pumping ''enhances'' the laser-induced light shift from the kilohertz to the gigahertz rang e. We compare the analytical results with experimental data obtained f rom the homogeneously broadened Na D1 transition.