1994
DOI: 10.1007/bf01437472
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The sodium D2-line in electric and magnetic fields. Part III: adiabatic hyperfine level transfer in perpendicularly crossed fields

Abstract: Abstract. Numerical calculations of the splitting of the hyperfine states Mr of an atom influenced by crossed electric and magnetic fields were performed. These calculations show that, adiabatically changing the presence and the strength of the fields according to a well defined cycle, atoms populated in a given hyperfine level G before the start of the field cycle may be found in another level Ff after experiencing the field cycle.PACS: 31.20; 32.60.

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“…Our investigations of the Na D 2 -line in combined electric and magnetic fields showed indirectly that an adiabatic hyperfine level transfer can take place within the excited state (3 2 P 3/2 ) in perpendicularly crossed fields [6]. In order to demonstrate this effect experimentally on the ground state of an atom, we investigated at first the population transfer on atomic beams of Eu [7] passing through specially confined and spatially displaced electric and magnetic fields.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Our investigations of the Na D 2 -line in combined electric and magnetic fields showed indirectly that an adiabatic hyperfine level transfer can take place within the excited state (3 2 P 3/2 ) in perpendicularly crossed fields [6]. In order to demonstrate this effect experimentally on the ground state of an atom, we investigated at first the population transfer on atomic beams of Eu [7] passing through specially confined and spatially displaced electric and magnetic fields.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%