title: Optically induced magnetization of alkali vapors using nonresonant laser radiation.
abstract: Optically induced magnetization has been observed in K and Rb vapors pumped by ruby-laser radiation at 6944 A, which is far from any atomic resonances. The signal is oscillatory, of short duration (<20 nsec), and the same for linearly and right or left circularly polarized light. The induced magnetization increases linearly and then exponentially with increasing laser intensity, which is indicative of a stimulated (Raman) process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Movsesyan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Efthimiopoulos