Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 1153–1201 (2002)Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomsPublished 20 November 2002 The authors review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. They begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of atomic resonances. These effects are then contrasted with various nonlinear magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and experimentally since the late 1960s. In recent years, the field of nonlinear magneto-optics has experienced a revival of interest that has led to a number of developments, including the observation of ultranarrow (1-Hz) magneto-optical resonances, applications in sensitive magnetometry, nonlinear magneto-optical tomography, and the possibility of a search for parity- and time-reversal-invariance violation in atoms. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.74.1153
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.74.1153
PACS:
32.60.+1, 01.30.Rr, 42.65.-k, 32.80.Ys
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