• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 12, 2325 (2021)
Shuwei Qiu1, Jinwen Wang1、2, Francesco Castellucci2, Mingtao Cao3、5, Shougang Zhang3, Thomas W. Clark4, Sonja Franke-Arnold2, Hong Gao1、*, and Fuli Li1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • 2School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
  • 3Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China
  • 4Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
  • 5e-mail: mingtaocao@ntsc.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.418522 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shuwei Qiu, Jinwen Wang, Francesco Castellucci, Mingtao Cao, Shougang Zhang, Thomas W. Clark, Sonja Franke-Arnold, Hong Gao, Fuli Li. Visualization of magnetic fields with cylindrical vector beams in a warm atomic vapor[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(12): 2325 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and demonstrate an experimental implementation for the observation of magnetic fields from spatial features of absorption profiles in a warm atomic vapor. A radially polarized vector beam that traverses atomic vapor will generate an absorption pattern with a petal-like structure by the mediation of a transverse magnetic field (TMF). The spatial absorption pattern rotates when the azimuthal angle of the TMF is changed, while its contrast decreases when the longitudinal component of the magnetic field increases. By analyzing the intensity distribution of the transmitted pattern, we can determine the magnetic field strength. Our work provides a framework for investigating 3D magnetic field distributions based on atoms.
    E(r,ϕ,z)=E0(r,ϕ,z)(cos(mϕ)sin(mϕ)0).

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    E=E0((cosα)e0+sinα2(eiβ1e+1+e+iβ2e1)),

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    E=E02(cos(mϕ)+sin(mϕ))(eiβ1(ϕ)e+1+e+iβ2(ϕ)e1),

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    E=E0sin(mϕ)e0+E02cos(mϕ)(eiβ1e+1+e+iβ2e1)=E0sin(mϕ)e+E0cos(mϕ)e,

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    Shuwei Qiu, Jinwen Wang, Francesco Castellucci, Mingtao Cao, Shougang Zhang, Thomas W. Clark, Sonja Franke-Arnold, Hong Gao, Fuli Li. Visualization of magnetic fields with cylindrical vector beams in a warm atomic vapor[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(12): 2325
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