title: Atomic magnetometry with maximally polarized states.
abstract: A new magnetometry method based on electromagnetic induced transparency (EIT) with maximally polarized states is demonstrated. An EIT hyperfine resonance, comprising the m(F)=F state (end-state), is observed at a non-zero angle between the laser beam and the magnetic field. The method takes advantage of the process of end-state pumping, a well-known rival of simpler EIT magnetometry schemes, and therefore benefits at a high laser power. An experimental demonstration and a numerical analysis of the magnetometry method are presented. The analysis points on a clear sensitivity advantage of the end-state EIT magnetometer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel. rfischer@techunix.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Firstenberg
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shuker
authors.forename: Amiram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ron