Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms
Abstract
In this article, we review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. We begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of atomic resonances, and contrast these effects with various nonlinear magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and experimentally since the late 1960s. In recent years, the field of nonlinear magneto-optics has experienced a revival of interest that has led to a number of developments, including the observation of ultra-narrow (1-Hz) magneto-optical resonances, applications in sensitive magnetometry, nonlinear magneto-optical tomography, and the possibility of a search for parity- and time-reversal-invariance violation in atoms.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0203077,
title = {Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms},
author = {D. Budker and W. Gawlik and D. F. Kimball and S. M. Rochester and V. V. Yashchuk and A. Weis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0203077},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
51 pages, 23 figures, to appear in Rev. Mod. Phys. in Oct. 2002, Figure added, typos corrected, text edited for clarity