Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1536519 | Optics Communications | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We present a theoretical and experimental study of self-rotation of incident elliptically polarized light on a rubidium atomic vapor. We construct density matrix equations, which are then solved numerically, and further averaged over atomic transit times and a Maxwell–Boltzmann velocity distribution. We calculate the rotation angle as a function of detuning for various laser intensities and polarizations. We compare the calculated results with experimental results and find good agreement between them.
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Authors
Min Jeong Seo, Heung-Ryoul Noh,