Contribution of the polarization moments of different rank to the integral CPT signal

Abstract

In the present work we investigate the relation of the polarization moments having different ranks with the tensor components which form the observable integral CPT signal, in the presence of a stray magnetic field. A numerical experiment with parameters close to the real ones is performed, using a program based on the irreducible tensor operator formalism1. The integral fluorescent signal is calculated for the non-polarized fluorescence at different laser power excitation. Detailed analysis of the numerical solutions for all tensor components which describe population and alignment allows visualizing the dynamics of their behavior in dependence on the experimental geometry and laboratory magnetic field B′. The dependence of population f00, longitudinal f02 and transverse f22 alignment in the presence of transverse magnetic field is investigated. The shape and sign of the resonance change with laser power.