OBSERVATION OF RAMSEY FRINGES IN NONLINEAR FARADAY-ROTATION

Authors
SCHUH B KANORSKY SI WEIS A HANSCH TW
Citation
B. Schuh et al., OBSERVATION OF RAMSEY FRINGES IN NONLINEAR FARADAY-ROTATION, Optics communications, 100(5-6), 1993, pp. 451-455
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
100
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
451 - 455
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1993)100:5-6<451:OORFIN>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The evolution of DELTAm=2 ground state coherences was investigated in a thermal Rb atomic beam using spatially separated laser beams. The co herence was created by optical pumping with a linearly polarized light beam and was probed, after evolving in a homogeneous magnetic field v ia the rotation of the plane of polarization of a second light beam. T he observed signal shows dispersively shaped Ramsey fringes with a fri nge width of 6 kHz.