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The study of magnetic resonance linewidth is crucial in magnetic resonance physics and its applications. Previous studies focused on the linewidth of alkali metal atoms within the spin-exchange relaxation-free regime near zero magnetic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Feng Tang , Nan Zhao

We theoretically and experimentally investigate nonlinear Zeeman effects within a polarised single-photon source that uses a single 87Rb atom strongly coupled to a high finesse optical cavity. The breakdown of the atomic hyperfine structure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Thomas D. Barrett , Dustin Stuart , Oliver Barter , Axel Kuhn

We study a resonant interaction of an elliptically polarized light wave with $^{87}$Rb vapor (D$_1$ line) exposed to a transverse magnetic field. A $5$$\times$$5$$\times$$5$~mm$^3$ glass vapor cell is used for the experiments. The wave…

We experimentally demonstrate that a squeezed probe optical field can improve the sensitivity of the magnetic field measurements based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation (NMOR) with an amplitude-modulated pump when compared to a coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Jiahui Li , Irina Novikova

We demonstrate an all-optical magnetometer capable of measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field using nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in a cesium vapor. Vector capability is added by effective modulation of the field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 B. Patton , E. Zhivun , D. C. Hovde , D. Budker

We report on the observation of a Zeeman shift (order of 100 MHz) of the Doppler-broadened D2 transition of both 85Rb and 87Rb isotopes via transmission through a tapered optical nanofiber in the presence of a DC magnetic field.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-07-24 Amy Watkins , Vibhuti Bhushan Tiwari , Jonathan M. Ward , Síle Nic Chormaic

Nonlinear Zeeman (NLZ) shifts arising from magnetic-field mixing of the two hyperfine ground-states in alkali atoms lead to splitting of magnetic-resonance lines. This is a major source of sensitivity degradation and the so-called "heading…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-03-30 K. Jensen , V. M. Acosta , J. M. Higbie , M. P. Ledbetter , S. M. Rochester , D. Budker

In recent years, unshielded atomic systems have been attracting researchers' attention, in which decoherence is one of the major problems, especially for high precision measurements. The nonlinear Zeeman effect and magnetic field gradient…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Peiyu Yang , Guzhi Bao , L. Q. Chen , Weiping Zhang

Atomic magnetometry is one of the most sensitive field-measurement techniques for biological, geo-surveying, and navigation applications. An essential process in atomic magnetometry is measurement of optical polarization rotation of a…

Optics · Physics 2023-04-19 Xuting Yang , Meryem Benelajla , Jennifer T. Choy

Atomic spin polarization of alkali atoms in the ground state can survive thousands of collisions with paraffin-coated cell walls. The resulting long spin-relaxation times achieved in evacuated, paraffin-coated cells enable precise…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 D. F. Jackson Kimball , L. R. Jacome , Srikanth Guttikonda , Eric J. Bahr , Lok Fai Chan

We demonstrate a light-shot-noise-limited magnetometer based on the Faraday effect in a hot unpolarized ensemble of rubidium atoms. By using off-resonant, polarization-squeezed probe light, we improve the sensitivity of the magnetometer by…

We investigate the ground-state Hanle effect in alkali-metal vapor irradiating by a resonant elliptically polarized light wave. The magneto-optical resonances are observed as a change in the ellipticity parameter of the light wave…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 D. V. Brazhnikov , A. O. Makarov , K. S. Kozlova , A. N. Goncharov

Nonlinear magnetic interactions provide access to complex quantum spin dynamics and thus enable the study of intriguing physical phenomena. However, these interactions are often dominated by the linear Zeeman effect, which can complicate…

We present a method for measuring the magnetic field that allows hyperfine and Zeeman optical pumping, excitation and detection of magnetic resonance by means of a single laser beam with time-modulated ellipticity. This improvement allows…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-28 M. V. Petrenko , A. S. Pazgalev , A. K. Vershovskii

Quantum information protocols utilizing atomic ensembles require preparation of a coherent spin state (CSS) of the ensemble as an important starting point. We investigate the magneto-optical resonance method for characterizing a spin state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Julsgaard , J. Sherson , J. L. Sorensen , E. S. Polzik

We report an optical inelastic-wave-mixing-enhanced atomic magnetometry technique that results in nT-level magnetic field detection at temperatures compatible with the human body without magnetic shielding, zero-field compensation, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Feng Zhou , Eric Y. Zhu , Yvonne L. Li , E. W. Hagley , L. Deng

We have implemented the so-called $\lambda$-Zeeman technique (LZT) to investigate individual hyperfine transitions between Zeeman sublevels of the Rb atoms in a strong external magnetic field $B$ in the range of $2500 - 5000$ G (recently it…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 G. Hakhumyan , C. Leroy , Y. Pashayan-Leroy , D. Sarkisyan , M. Auzinsh

The comagnetometer has been one of the most sensitive devices with which to test new physics related to spin-dependent interactions, but the comagnetometers based on overlapping ensembles of multiple spin species usually suffer from…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-09 Zhiguo Wang , Xiang Peng , Rui Zhang , Hui Luo , Jiajia Li , Zhiqiang Xiong , Shanshan Wang , Hong Guo

Atomic magnetometers based on Zeeman shift measurement have the potential for high sensitivity and long-term stability. Like other atomic sensors including atomic clocks and atom interferometers, the atomic magnetometer could in principle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-17 Jinyang Li , Gour Pati , Renu Tripathi , Selim M Shahriar

The shot-noise detection limit in current high-precision atomic magnetometry is a manifestation of quantum fluctuations that scale as the square root of N in an ensemble of N particles. However, there is a general expectation that the…

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