Nonlinear magneto-optics in atoms, from discovery to today
Prof. Dr hab. Wojciech Gawlik (JU Krakow, PL)

I will begin with a historical introduction starting from Michael Faraday’s discovery of the magneto-optical phenomena and the basic physics behind it.
Next, I will present the revolution caused by the advent of lasers in magneto-optics studies and the developments which made the nonlinear magneto-optics
one of the most precise measurement techniques. While focusing on hot atomic-vapor samples, I will also present some magneto-optic studies with cold,
trapped atoms and colour centers in diamonds and their applications to magnetometry.