Abstract
Studying saturated-absorption of the Na D1 line with appropriate beam polarisations (pump almost circular σ+ with controlled weak admixture of σ− component, probe circular σ−), new spectral features are observed. In addition to the usual Doppler-free resonances, related to the Fg=2 ⟹ Fe=1,2 hfs transition, a new narrow line is observed between the Fg=2 ⟹ Fe=1 and the cross-over signals. The resonance corresponds to the reduction of the absorption (electromagnetically-induced transparency) and has very unusual properties: its width depends on the pump beam ellipticity (the less circular the pump, the broader the resonance); the resonance position seems to be independent of the pump beam power, but does depend very strongly on the intensity of a longitudinal magnetic field. This dependence, shown by dots in fig. 1. can be more than one order of magnitude stronger than the Zeeman splitting, marked as the dashed line there.
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