Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The BMV experiment: a novel apparatus to study the propagation of light in a transverse magnetic field

  • Optical Physics
  • Published:
The European Physical Journal D Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract.

In this paper, we describe in detail the BMV (Biréfringence Magnétique du Vide) experiment, a novel apparatus to study the propagation of light in a transverse magnetic field. It is based on a very high finesse Fabry-Perot cavity and on pulsed magnets specially designed for this purpose. We justify our technical choices and we present the current status and perspectives.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • J. Kerr, Br. Assoc. Rep. 568 (1901)

  • Q. Majorana, Rendic. Accad. Lincei 11, 374 (1902); Q. Majorana, Ct. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. Paris 135, 159 (1902)

    Google Scholar 

  • A. Cotton, H. Mouton, Ct. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. Paris 141, 317 (1905); A. Cotton, H. Mouton, Ct. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. Paris 142, 203 (1906); A. Cotton, H. Mouton, Ct. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. Paris 145, 229 (1907); Ann. Chem. Phys. 11, 145 (1907)

    Google Scholar 

  • C. Rizzo, A. Rizzo, D.M. Bishop, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 16, 81 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • W.H. Watson, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 125, 345 (1929)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • H. Euler, K. Kochel, Naturwiss. 23, 246 (1935)

    Article  MATH  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • W. Heisenberg, H. Euler, Z. Phys. 38, 714 (1936)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  • Z. Bialynicka-Birula, I. Bialynicki-Birula, Phys. Rev. D 2, 2341 (1970)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • S.L. Adler, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 67, 599 (1971)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • C.C. Farr, C.J. Banwell, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 137, 275 (1932)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • C.J. Banwell, C.C. Farr, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A 175, 1 (1940)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Iacopini, E. Zavattini, Phys. Lett. B 85, 151 (1979)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • L. Maiani, R. Petronzio, E. Zavattini, Phys. Lett. B 175, 359 (1986)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • R.D. Peccei, H. Quinn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1440 (1977)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • G. Raffelt, L. Stodolsky, Phys. Rev. D 37, 1237 (1988)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Iacopini, B. Smith, G. Stefanini, E. Zavattini, Nuovo Cim. B 61, 21 (1981)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • R. Cameron, G. Cantatore, A. C. Melissinos, G. Ruoso, Y. Semertzidis, H. Halama, D. Lazarus, A. Prodell, F. Nezrich, C. Rizzo, E. Zavattini, Phys. Rev. D 47, 3707 (1993)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • D. Bakalov, F. Brandi, G. Cantatore, G. Carugno, S. Carusotto, F. Della Valle, A.M. De Riva, U. Gastaldi, E. Iacopini, P. Micossi, E. Milotti, R. Onofrio, R. Pengo, F. Perrone, G. Petrucci, E. Polacco, C. Rizzo, G. Ruoso, E. Zavattini, G. Zavattini, Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 10, 239 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Zavattini, G. Zavattini, G. Ruoso, E. Polacco, E. Milotti, M. Karuza, U. Gastaldi, G. Di Domenico, F. Della Valle, R. Cimino, S. Carusotto, G. Cantatore, M. Bregant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 110406 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • M. Karuza's, Ph.D. thesis, University of Padua, Italy (2007), unpublished; see also http://www.sns.ias.edu/ axions/talks/Giovanni_Cantatore.pdf

  • S. Lamoreaux, Nature 441, 31 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Zavattini et al., e-print arXiv:0706.3419 [hep-ex]

  • K. Zioutas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 121301 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Massó, J. Redondo, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 9, 15 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • http://www.sns.ias.edu/~axions/axions.shtml

  • K. Van Bibber, N.R. Dagderiven, S.E. Koonin, A.K. Kerman, H.N. Nelson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 759 (1987)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • http://www.sns.ias.edu/~axions/talks/ Pierre_Pugnat.pdf

  • C. Robilliard, R. Battesti, M. Fouché, J. Mauchain, A.-M. Sautivet, F. Amiranoff, C. Rizzo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 190403 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • Sheng-Jui Chen, Hsien-Hao Mei, Wei-Tou Ni, e-print arXiv:hep-ex/0611050 [hep-ex]

  • F. Brandi, F. Della Valle, A.M. De Riva, P. Micossi, F. Perrone, C. Rizzo, G. Ruoso, G. Zavattini, Appl. Phys. B 65, 351 (1997)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • G. Zavattini, G. Cantatore, R. Cimino, G. Di Domenico, F. Della Valle, M. Karuza, E. Milotti, G. Ruoso, Appl. Phys. B 83, 571 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • G. Rempe, R.J. Thompson, H.J. Kimble, R. Lalezari, Opt. Lett. 17, 363 (1992)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  • R.V. Pound, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 17, 460 (1946); R.W.P. Drever, J.L. Hall, F.B. Kowalsky, J. Hough, G.M. Ford, A.J. Munley, H. Ward, Appl. Phys. B 31, 97 (1983)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • G. Cantatore, F.D. Valle, E. Milotti, P. Pace, E. Zavattini, E. Polacco, F. Perrone, C. Rizzo, G. Zavattini, G. Ruoso, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 2785 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • A.M. De Riva, G. Zavattini, S. Marigo, C. Rizzo, G. Ruoso, G. Carugno, R. Onofrio, S. Carusotto, M. Papa, F. Perrone, E. Polacco, G. Cantatore, F. Della Valle, P. Micossi, E. Milotti, P. Pace, E. Zavattini, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 2680 (1996)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • C. Rizzo, Europhys. Lett. 41, 483 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • S. Askenazy, C. Rizzo, O. Portugall, Phys. B 294-295, 5 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  • S. Askenazy, J. Billette, P. Dupré, P. Ganau, J. Mackowski, J. Marquez, L. Pinard, O. Portugall, D. Ricard, G.L.J.A. Rikken, C. Rizzo, G. Trénec, J. Vigué, AIP Conf. Proc. 564, 115 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • S. Batut et al., submitted to IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity

  • E. Iacopini, G. Stefanini, E. Zavattini, Appl. Phys. A 32, 63 (1983)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • G. Bialolenker, E. Polacco, C. Rizzo, G. Ruoso, Appl. Phys. B 68, 703 (1999)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  • F. Bielsa, R. Battesti, C. Robilliard, G. Bialolenker, G. Bailly, G. Trenec, A. Rizzo, C. Rizzo, Eur. Phys. J. D 36, 261 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Pulsés (UMR 5147, CNRS - INSA - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3), 31400, Toulouse Cedex, France

    R. Battesti, S. Batut, M. Nardone, O. Portugall & G. L.J.A. Rikken

  2. Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité (UMR 5589, CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3), IRSAMC, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

    B. Pinto Da Souza, C. Robilliard, G. Bailly, G. Trénec, J. Vigué & C. Rizzo

  3. Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA) (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IN2P3), Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    C. Michel, L. Pinard & J.-M. Mackowski

Authors
  1. R. Battesti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. B. Pinto Da Souza
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. S. Batut
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. C. Robilliard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. G. Bailly
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. C. Michel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. M. Nardone
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. L. Pinard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. O. Portugall
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. G. Trénec
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. J.-M. Mackowski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. G. L.J.A. Rikken
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. J. Vigué
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. C. Rizzo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to C. Rizzo.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Battesti, R., Pinto Da Souza, B., Batut, S. et al. The BMV experiment: a novel apparatus to study the propagation of light in a transverse magnetic field. Eur. Phys. J. D 46, 323–333 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00306-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00306-3

PACS.

Search

Navigation