Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
Magnetic field influence on coherent resonance in a degenerate two-level system
Emilia A. Alipieva, S. Gateva, Elena T. Taskova, Valentina A. Sarova, S. Cartaleva
Abstract
Coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances in the degenerate two-level system of the Fg = 2 → Fe = 1) transition of the 87Rb D1 line were investigated in an uncoated vacuum cell by means of Hanle effect configuration. CPT signals with complex shape (narrow resonance approximately 2 mG superimposed on the wide one approximately 150 mG) were observed. The influence of weak transverse magnetic fields (0-1.2 G) on the amplitude and width of the two components was measured. The observed narrow resonances are interesting for application in high resolution spectroscopy and magnetometry.