Abstract
We investigate polarization spectroscopy as a probe of broken left-right symmetry in neon atoms. In the cascade 1s 4-2p 4-3s 2 three-level system the upper transition is probed by a linearly polarized weak HeNe laser beam. The symmetry of the lower level is broken by a circularly polarized strong dye laser beam acting on the lower transition. We present the experimental setup, the resulting measurements and a comparison with a straightforward theory of symmetry breaking.
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