Forty years after the first dark resonance experiment: an overview of the COSMA project results
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Vector light shift averaging in paraffin-coated alkali vapor cells
Electromagnetically induced transparency resonances inverted in magnetic field
References
Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
An experimental method for the observation of r.f. transitions and laser beat resonances in oriented Na vapour
Laser cooling below the one-photon recoil by velocity-selective coherent population trapping.
Nonabsorbing atomic coherences by coherent two-photon transitions in a three-level optical pumping
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Frequently Asked Questions (18)
Q2. What is the influence of alignment on the atomic atoms?
The influence of alignment strongly depends on the configuration of the coupling and probe frequencies as well as on the configuration of the magnetic field.
Q3. What is the awarded experiment of the last 20 years?
The most awarded experiments of the last 20 years, regarding laser cooling and trapping, have got benefit by dark resonances, for example via the Velocity Selective Coherent Population Trapping mechanism10.
Q4. What is the effect of the light induction on the polarization of the laser beam?
The ground state coherence is transmitted by the laser field to the upper level; thereby polarization moments with different rank contribute to the fluorescence.
Q5. What is the goal of the CPT related processes?
One of the possible goal of a fundamental quest of the CPT related processes is the search for new efficient excitation schemes, as well as the comprehension and control of the phenomena involved.
Q6. What is the main interest of the two axis optical magnetometer?
If the main interest is not an optimized sensitivity, but a wide field measurement and an experimental simplicity, the two axis optical magnetometer of ref. 34 can be a good solution, especially for geophysical and material science studies.
Q7. What is the effect of the anti-relaxation coating on the fluorescence signal?
In a coated vacuum cell the fluorescence signal has a complex form, because the anti-relaxation coating preserves the created coherence, having different relaxation rates.
Q8. What is the effect of the light induction on the atoms?
In two-level degenerated system this resonance is due to the interference between transitions involving the Zeeman sub-levels, created by interaction of resonance linear polarized laser beam with the atoms.
Q9. What is the main reason for the Optical Magnetometer sensitivity problem?
In order to increase the contrast of the coherent resonance that is one of the main parameters determining the Optical Magnetometer sensitivity an experimental study has been performed and a new theoretical model developed18.
Q10. What is the effect of light in a coated cell?
The Light Induced Atomic Desorption (LIAD) effect21 strongly improves the intensities of the Saturated Absorption resonances observed in coated cell.
Q11. What are the possible applications of the MIT technique?
other possible applications include detection and imaging of certain classes of tumors, neuropathies and other conditions where the tissues’ conductivity is affected.
Q12. What is the way to prevent the mixing of the ground state levels?
There are two possible methods in order to both preserve the polarization of the sample as excited by laser light and to eliminate the mixing of the ground state levels due to collision with either the cell walls or with atoms of the same kind: one is to fill the sensor cell with an appropriate buffer gas, the other to coat the cell walls with anti – relaxation coatings.
Q13. What is the purpose of paper 26?
Paper 26 is the first experimental demonstration that the use of micrometric-thin cells (in the specific case, the length is around 40 µm) allows for application of saturated absorption in order to quantitatively study both the frequency splitting and the shifts of the Rb atomic transitions in a wide range of external magnetic fields, from 0.2 up to 6 kG (20–600 mT).
Q14. What is the potential of the OAM imaging system at UCL?
The OAM imaging system under development at UCL would directly map the heart’s conductivity, thus providing new insight of the causes of atrial fibrillation and allowing healthcare professionals a dedicated diagnostic tool and more targeted treatments, either drug-based or surgical.
Q15. What is the effect of a coating on the atoms?
In detail, with coatings such as paraffin or polydimethilsiloxane (PDMS), atoms can collide against the cell’s walls without any change of their internal state.
Q16. What is the reason for the unusual behavior of the EIT resonances?
Such unusual behavior of the EIT resonances (i.e. the reversal of the sign from DR to BR) is likely caused by the influence of alignment process.
Q17. What is the effect of the polarization of atoms on the atomic energy structure?
This implies that atoms, already polarized after interaction with the optical pumping beam, can interact again with the laser beam after bouncing off the wall, without losing their orientation.
Q18. What is the purpose of the paper?
In the paper this approach is proposed as a practical, cost- and time-effective method to assess the performance of an organic coating, without hampering the regular experimental activity.