Influence of pump intensity on atomic spin relaxation in a vapor cell*

supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0304502) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11634008, 11674203, 11574187, and 61227902).

Yang Chen1, 2, Zuo Guan-Hua1, 2, Tian Zhuang-Zhuang1, 2, Zhang Yu-Chi3, †, Zhang Tian-Cai1, 2, ‡
       

Simplified five-level configuration. The Zeeman sublevels in ground state 62S1/2 F = 4 are represented by three states: |1⟩, |2⟩, and |3⟩, and state |4⟩ represents the other ground state 62S1/2 F = 3. A resonance pump light linearly polarized along the Z direction couples ground state 62 S1/2 F = 4 and the excited state 62P1/2 F′ = 3 (represented by |e⟩) with Rabi frequency ΩR. The total spontaneous decay rate of |e⟩ is Γ0 = 2 π × 4.5 × 106 Hz for cesium. The decay rates of |e⟩ to |1⟩ and |3⟩ are defined as η Γ0, while the rate from |e⟩ to |4⟩ is θ Γ0. The direction of the magnetic field is along the X direction.