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Use of sub-Doppler optical resonances for measurement of weak magnetic fields by means of extremely thin rubidium vapor cell

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We study experimentally and theoretically D 1 lines of 85Rb and 87Rb atoms and show that using atomic-velocity-selective optical resonances which are formed in the transmission spectrum of an atomic rubidium-filled submicron cell at single pass of linearly polarized laser radiation, it is possible to measure weak magnetic fields beginning with 5 G. Having in mind the results obtained earlier with use of also submicron cell with 87Rb (D 1 line) and circularly polarized laser radiation, the entire range of measurable magnetic fields (both homogeneous and inhomogeneous) becomes 5–5000 G.

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  1. Institute for Physical Research, NAS of Armenia, Ashtarak, Armenia

    A. D. Sargsyan, G. T. Hakhumyan & D. H. Sarkisyan

  2. Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Universite de Bourgogne, Cedex, France

    G. T. Hakhumyan

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Original Russian Text © A.D. Sargsyan, G.T. Hakhumyan, D.H. Sarkisyan, 2012, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2012, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 98–110.

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Sargsyan, A.D., Hakhumyan, G.T. & Sarkisyan, D.H. Use of sub-Doppler optical resonances for measurement of weak magnetic fields by means of extremely thin rubidium vapor cell. J. Contemp. Phys. 47, 64–72 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337212020041

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