Measurement of asymmetric optical pumping of ions accelerating in a magnetic-field gradient

Xuan Sun, Earl Scime, Mahmood Miah, Samuel Cohen, Frederick Skiff

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Abstract

The asymmetric optical pumping of argon ions accelerating in a magnetic field gradient was observed. Asymmetry in laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) emission from σ states of argon ions was observed and attributed to the combined effects of magnetic-field and ion-velocity gradient. The LIF intensity measurements were normalized to the instantaneous laser power and the magnetic-field direction was reversed. The intensities of Zeeman-split absorption lines in ions accelerating away from the surface of stars, illuminated by continuum radiation from the photosphere, frequently exhibit similar asymmetries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number235002
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume93
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 3 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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