Hanle effect, saturation resonances and related phenomena in the presence of two-photon transitions
M. Kolwas
The optical-pumping cycle in the three-level system e,g,f (J e =1=J f , J g =0), irradiated by two monochromatic sigma -polarized laser light waves is analysed theoretically by the successive approximation (iteration) method up to fourth order. The solutions of the density-matrix evolution equations describe (i) in second order, the influence of the Zeeman structure of the e and f states on the saturation resonances in the intermediate level g (second-order population effect) and (ii) in fourth order, the influence of the Hanle effects and the saturation phenomena on the shape of the double-quantum Hanle resonances and on the two-photon transition probabilities.
Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics•Mar 11, 1977•8 citations