Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 01, Numéro C7, Décembre 1991
2nd International Conference
Laser M2P
Page(s) C7-489 - C7-492
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19917129
2nd International Conference
Laser M2P

J. Phys. IV France 01 (1991) C7-489-C7-492

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19917129

4He OPTICAL PUMPING WITH POLARIZATION MODULATED LIGHT AND MAGNETOMETRY APPLICATION

H. GILLES, B. CHERON and J. HAMEL

Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique (URA 19), ISMRa, 6 boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen cedex, France


Abstract
In optical pumping experiments using a laser, beam polarization can be modulated with the help of an electrooptic modulator device. This technique has been applied to pump 4He(23S1) metastable atoms. New resonances, never observed before, has been studied theoretically and experimentally versus geometric and modulation parameters and an application to high sensitivity magnetometer is presented.



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