Motion-induced magnetic resonance of Rb atoms in a periodic magnetostatic field.
We demonstrate that transitions between Zeeman-split sublevels of Rb atoms are resonantly induced by the motion of the atoms (velocity: approximately 100 m/s) in a periodic magnetostatic field (period: 1 mm) when the Zeeman splitting corresponds to the frequency of the magnetic field experienced by the moving atoms. A circularly polarized laser beam polarizes Rb atoms with a velocity selected using the Doppler effect and detects their magnetic resonance in a thin cell, to which the periodic field is applied with the arrays of parallel current-carrying wires.
Hatakeyama
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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
Enomoto
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Komaki
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Yamazaki
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