Structured-Light Magnetometry in a Coherently Controlled Atomic Medium
Abstract
A structured-light-based approach for detecting magneto-optical rotation is presented, in which polarization rotation is mapped onto a directly observable spatial degree of freedom. A radially polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beam interacts with cold 87Rb atoms in the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field, where magnetically induced circular birefringence introduces a relative phase shift between the σ+ and σ- components of the field, manifesting as a rotation of the interference pattern. The MOR angle is extracted directly from the angular displacement of the petal-shaped intensity distribution, eliminating the need for polarizers or Stokes-parameter analysis. This method converts conventional polarization-based magnetometry into a topology-based spatial readout, enabling spatially resolved magnetic-field sensing with potential applications in optical magnetometry and quantum sensing.
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