Decoupling of hyperfine structure of Cs $D_1$ line in strong magnetic field studied by selective reflection from a nanocell

Abstract

Decoupling of total electronic and nuclear spin moments of Cs atoms in external magnetic field for the case of atomic $D_1$ line, leading to onset of the hyperfine Paschen-Back regime has been studied theoretically and experimentally. Selective reflection of laser radiation from an interface of dielectric window and atomic vapor confined in a nanocell with 300 nm gap thickness was implemented for the experimental studies. The real time derivative of selective reflection signal with a frequency position coinciding with atomic transitions was used in measurements, providing $\sim$ 40 MHz spectral resolution and linearity of signal response in respect to transition probability. Behavior of 28 individual Zeeman transitions in a wide range of longitudinal magnetic field (0 - 6 kG) has been tracked under excitation of Cs vapor by a low-intensity ${\sigma }^{+}$- polarized cw laser radiation. For $B\ge 6$kG, only 8 transitions with nearly equal probabilities and the same frequency slope remained in the spectrum, which is a manifestation of the hyperfine Paschen-Back regime. The obtained experimental results are consistent with numerical modeling. Due to small divergence of selective reflection signal, as well as sub-wavelength thickness and sub-Doppler spectral linewidth inherent to nanocell, the employed technique can be used for distant remote sensing of magnetic field with high spatial and $B$-field resolution.

11 pages, 10 figures

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