Antirelaxation coatings (ARC) are used in optical cells containing alkali metal vapor to reduce the depolarization of alkali atoms after collisions with the cell walls. The long-lived ground state polarization is a basis for development of atomic clocks, magnetometers, quantum memory, slow light experiments, precision measurements of fundamental symmetries etc. In this work, a simple method for measuring the number of collisions of the alkali atoms with the cell walls without atomic spin randomization (Nasyrov et al., Proc. SPIE (2015)) was applied to characterize the AR properties of two PDMS coatings prepared from different solutions in ether (PDMS 2% and PDMS 5%). We observed influence of the light-induced atomic desorption (LIAD) on the AR properties of coatings.

Tsvetkov, S., Gateva, S., Cartaleva, S., Mariotti, E., Nasyrov, K. (2018). Optical characterization of antirelaxation coatings. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 992(1) [10.1088/1742-6596/992/1/012039].

Optical characterization of antirelaxation coatings

Mariotti, E.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Antirelaxation coatings (ARC) are used in optical cells containing alkali metal vapor to reduce the depolarization of alkali atoms after collisions with the cell walls. The long-lived ground state polarization is a basis for development of atomic clocks, magnetometers, quantum memory, slow light experiments, precision measurements of fundamental symmetries etc. In this work, a simple method for measuring the number of collisions of the alkali atoms with the cell walls without atomic spin randomization (Nasyrov et al., Proc. SPIE (2015)) was applied to characterize the AR properties of two PDMS coatings prepared from different solutions in ether (PDMS 2% and PDMS 5%). We observed influence of the light-induced atomic desorption (LIAD) on the AR properties of coatings.
2018
Tsvetkov, S., Gateva, S., Cartaleva, S., Mariotti, E., Nasyrov, K. (2018). Optical characterization of antirelaxation coatings. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 992(1) [10.1088/1742-6596/992/1/012039].
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