Knappe, S.
, Zentile, M.
, Andrews, R.
, Weller, L.
, Adams, C.
and Hughes, I.
(2014),
The hyperfine Paschen-Back Faraday effect, Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (Accessed May 16, 2026)
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The hyperfine Paschen-Back Faraday effect
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Author(s)
, M.A. Zentile, Rebecca Andrews, L. Weller, C.S. Adams, I.G. Hughes
Abstract
We investigate experimentally and theoretically the Faraday effect in an atomic medium in the hyperfine Paschen-Back regime, where the Zeeman interaction is larger than the hyperfine splitting. We use a small permanent magnet and a micro-fabricated vapour cell, giving magnetic fields of the order of a Tesla. We show that for low absorption and small rotation angles, the refractive index is well approximated by the Faraday rotation signal, giving a simple way to measure the atomic refractive index. Fitting to the atomic spectra we achieve magnetic field sensitivity at the 10-4 level. Finally we note that the Faraday signal shows zero crossings which can be used as temperature insensitive error signals for laser frequency stabilisation at large detuning. The theoretical sensitivity for 87Rb is found to be 40 kHz/°C.Citation
Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume
47
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
atomic spectroscopy, Faraday effect, microfabricated vapor cell
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Created March 26, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017