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We investigate the possibility of observing a magneto-transverse scattering of photons from alkaline-earth-like atoms as well as alkali-like ions and provide orders of magnitude. The transverse magneto-scattering is physically induced by the interference between two possible quantum transitions of an outer electron in a S state, one dispersive electric-dipole transition to a P orbital state and a second resonant electric-quadrupole transition to a D orbital state. In contrast with previous mechanisms proposed for such an atomic photonic Hall effect, no real photons are scattered by the electric-dipole allowed transition, which increases the ratio of Hall current to background photons significantly. The main experimental challenge is to overcome the small detection threshold, with only 10−5 photons scattered per atom per second.
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Tiggelen, B.v., Wilkowski, D. Photon Hall scattering from alkaline-earth-like atoms and alkali-like ions. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 226, 1515–1523 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60321-0
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