Nonlinear magneto-optical resonances for systems with
J~100 observed in K2 molecules
M. Auzinsh, R. Ferber, I. Fescenko, L. Kalvans, M. TamanisLaser Centre, The University of Latvia
Iļja Feščenko Rīga, 05.10.2011
Creation and destruction of atomic coherence
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Hanle effect and configuration
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Jg =1
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Magneto-optical effects
Manifestations:•dark and bright resonances,•coherent population trapping,•electromagnetically induced transparency,•electromagnetically induced absorption,•slow light etc.
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Applications:•opto-electronics,•medicine,•precise measurement techniques,•magnetometry...
Diatomic molecules
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History:•First report in 1972 for the I2 molecule,
•analysis using the classical treatment in terms of the balance equations for the classical probability density, in 1976. •First direct experimental studies in 1979 for the potassium and sodium,•A model was developed in 1988, applied an expansion of the density matrix via polarization (multipole) moments
Motivation:•to revisit the nonlinear ground state Hanle effect of a diatomic molecule with J~100,•to apply the detailed theoretical treatment,•to study in detail the peculiarities observed in earlier works.
K2 molecules
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a) X1g+(2,99)→ B1u(0,99)
b) X1g+(2,105)→ B1u(0,106) 15400 15300 15200 15100 15000 14900 14800 14700 14600
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Excitation
Set-up
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Polarizer
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Dependence on laser power density
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Summary
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• Nonlinear magneto-optical resonances have been studied for systems with large angular momentum (J~100) in K2 molecules.
• Dark resonances have been theoretically predicted and experimentally detected.
• Bright resonances were neither detected nor predicted by the theoretical model for such a system.
• We explained the narrow maximum previously observed in the degree of LIF polarization in earlier works.
• It was demonstrated that it is possible to describe nonlinear magneto-optical resonances in systems with large angular momenta over a wide range of experimental conditions with the theoretical model.
• As a result, theoretical modeling can serve as a tool for future investigations of systems with large angular momenta and for the development of practical applications based on them.