Soviet Physics Uspekhi

OPTICAL ORIENTATION OF ATOMS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

G. V. Skrotskiǐ, T. G. Izyumova

Published Feb 28, 1961• 16 citations

Abstract

Introduction 177 I. The Optical Orientation of Atoms 178 II. The Optical Detection of the Orientation of Atoms 181 III. The Effect of Relaxation Phenomena on the Process of Optical Pumping 183 IV. Phenomenological Theory of Optical Orientation of Atoms 188 V. Detection of Radio-Frequency Resonance by the Optical Method. Determination of the Hyperfine Structure Constant and of Nuclear and Electronic g Factors 190 VI. Practical Applications of the Method of Optical Orientation of Atoms 194 VII. Orientation Produced by Exchange Collisions 198 VIII. The Study of Relaxation Processes by the Optical Method 200 IX. Optical Pumping in Solids 201 Conclusion 203 Literature 203

DOI: 10.1070/pu1961v004n02abeh003331

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