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Two-beam, linear magneto-optical spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying short-lived states. We present both measurements and a quantitative theoretical analysis of magneto-rotation observed in the forward scattering of a linearly polarised laser beam passing through an amplifying atomic medium placed in a longitudinal magnetic field. The probed transition connects two short-lived, excited atomic levels, the upper state (here the 7S 1/2 level of cesium) being prepared initially via another transition from ground state, excited by a linearly polarised pump beam. The probe polarisation undergoes three different magneto-optical processes: optical rotation, with separate contributions from the two transitions, and linear dichroism due to Hanle precession of the upper state alignment. Complete resolution of the hyperfine structures and ninety degree switching of the probe polarisation enable us to isolate all of these processes. To lowest order in optical thickness the relative intensities and lineshapes are well interpreted.
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Laboratoire associé au CNRS (URA 18) à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure et à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie
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Bouchiat, M.A., Guéna, J., Jacquier, P. et al. Two-beam linear magneto-optical spectroscopy of atomic transitions between short lived states. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 33, 89–95 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01437426
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