Vector magnetometry based on electromagnetically induced transparency in linearly polarized light

Journal Article · Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.82.033807· OSTI ID:21454795

Yudin, V I ^[1]; Taichenachev, A V ^[1]; Dudin, Y O ^[2]; Velichansky, V L ^[3]; Zibrov, A S ^[4]; Zibrov, S A ^[5]

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1. Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russian Federation)
2. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0430 (United States)
3. Moscow State Engineering and Physics Institute, Moscow 115409 (Russian Federation)
4. Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
5. Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Moscow 117924 (Russian Federation)

We develop a generalized principle of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) vector magnetometry based on high-contrast EIT resonances and the symmetry of atom-light interaction in the linearly polarized bichromatic fields. Operation of such vector magnetometer on the D{sub 1} line of {sup 87}Rb has been demonstrated. The proposed compass-magnetometer has an increased immunity to shifts produced by quadratic Zeeman and ac-Stark effects, as well as by atom-buffer gas and atom-atom collisions. In our proof-of-principle experiment the detected angular sensitivity to magnetic field orientation is 10{sup -3} deg/Hz{sup 1/2}, which is limited by laser intensity fluctuations, light polarization quality, and magnitude of the magnetic field.

• OSTI ID: 21454795
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033807; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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