Optics and Spectroscopy

Magnetooptic resonances in dichroism and birefringence related to the self-alignment of atoms in a discharge at an arbitrary orientation of the magnetic field

Э. Г. Сапрыкин, S. N. Seleznev, V. A. Sorokin

Published Aug 1, 2001• 1 citation

Abstract

Variations in structure of the magnetooptic resonances, formed by a transverse magnetic field in the presence of an additional field of arbitrary orientation, are analyzed. These resonances are shown to be sensitive to the type of excitation anisotropy. The ways of detecting false magnetic fields are proposed.

DOI: 10.1134/1.1397913

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