Measurement of magnetic birefringence of neon and helium atoms

Author

Muroo, Kazuyula ; Yoshino, Masahiro ; Takubo, Yoshitaka

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

15-19 Dec. 2003

Abstract

A high-sensitivity ellipsometer using a GaAlAs diode laser with a 780-nm wavelength was used to experimentally determine the amplitudes of the magnetic birefringence of Ne and He atoms. The measured values of the Cotton-Mouton constant were (1.3±0.5)×10^-9 T^-2m^-1 for the Ne atoms and (7.1±2.5)×10^-10 T^-2m^-1 for the He atoms under the experimental conditions of 1.5×10⁵ Pa and 293 K. These amplitudes of the magnetic birefringence provide an absolute standard for detecting the vacuum magnetic birefringence.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; birefringence; ellipsometers; gallium arsenide; helium; magneto-optical effects; measurement standards; neon; semiconductor lasers; 1.5×10⁵ Pa; 293 K; 780 nm; Cotton-Mouton constant; GaAlAs; GaAlAs diode laser; He; Ne; ellipsometer; helium atom; measurement standard; neon atom; vacuum magnetic birefringence measurement; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Birefringence; Gases; Helium; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic flux; Measurement standards; Optical polarization; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7766-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274692

Filename

1274692