Highly efficient optical pumping of Rb atoms for evanescent fields at dielectric-vapor interfaces
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2019
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IEEE
Abstract
Optical prism integrated with a vapor cell and excited by evanescent wave under total internal reflection is used to study nanoscale light-atom interactions and to demonstrate efficient optical pumping of rubidium at a dielectric-vapor interface
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EEE, Optical pumping, Laser beams, Probes, Atom optics, Atomic beams, Optical surface waves