Paramagnetic Faraday rotation with spin-polarized ytterbium atoms |
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| Authors: | M Takeuchi T Takano S Ichihara Y Takasu M Kumakura T Yabuzaki Y Takahashi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;(2) Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan;(3) JST, PREST, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan;(4) JST, CREST, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan;(5) Faculty of Information Science and Arts, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka 572-8530, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We report the observation of paramagnetic Faraday rotation of spin-polarized ytterbium (Yb) atoms. As the atomic samples,
we used an atomic beam, released atoms from a magneto-optical trap (MOT), and trapped atoms in a far-off-resonant trap (FORT).
Since Yb is diamagnetic and includes a spin-1/2 isotope, it is an ideal sample for spin physics, such as quantum non-demolition
measurement of spin (spin QND), for example. From the results of the rotation angle, we confirmed that the atoms were almost
perfectly polarized.
PACS 32.80.Bx; 32.80.Pj; 42.25.Lc |
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