Acta Physica Polonica A
Zeeman Effect Observed in the Evanescent Wave
Tomasz Kawalec, Marek Jan Kasprowicz, Leszek Jozefowski, T. Dohnalik
Abstract
Sm ol uchow ski Insti tut e of Ph ysi cs, Jagi ell oni an Uni versi ty Reym onta 4, 30-059 Cra cow, Po l and ( Recei ved December 8, 2003; i n Ùnal for m Marc h 5, 2004)W e have observe d a Zeema n e˜e ct in an evanescent w ave absor ption in Rb v ap or with a sin gle-mo de t unable dio de laser .T he spectra are obtained for several magnetic Ùeld-and laser light-conÙgurati ons enablin g the observ ation of di˜erent ¤ and ¥ Zeeman split lines contribution.T he relative amplitud es and relative fre quencies of all Zeeman comp onents w ere calculated theoreticall y and compared w ith measured spectra.T he analysis of the data can lead to the determination of the polari zati on state of the evanescent w ave.PAC S numb ers: 42.25.Gy , 32. 60. + i