Stray magnetic field influence on the CPT resonance in a coated Rb vacuum cell

Interaction of a resonant laser beam with an atomic absorption medium creates population redistribution and interference between atomic levels. This anisotropy of the medium is experimentally observed as coherent population trapping (CPT) or electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Due to the small sub-natural width of the CPT and EIT resonances, they find wide applications in metrology, quantum optics, atom cooling. A non-compensated stray magnetic field (SMF) can change the shape and sign of the resonance or destroy it completely. In this work, we present an experimental and theoretical investigation of the influence of a stray magnetic field on the CPT resonances obtained on Zeeman sublevels of the D-1 line of Rb-87 in a paraffin-coated vacuum cell. The role is clarified of the polarization moments with different rank in creating the integral registered fluorescent signal in the presence of a stray magnetic field. It is shown that a transverse magnetic field plays an important role in changing the shape of the signal.