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Electric-Field-Induced Symmetry Breaking of Angular Momentum Distribution in Atoms
2006
Physical Review Letters
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We report the experimental observation of alignment to orientation conversion in the 7D_3/2 and 9D_3/2 states of Cs in the presence of an external dc electric field, and without the influence of magnetic fields or atomic collisions. Initial alignment of angular momentum states was created by two-step excitation with linearly polarized laser radiation. The appearance of transverse orientation of angular momentum was confirmed by the observation of circularly polarized light. We present
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.043002
pmid:16907570
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