Large polarization rotation via atomic coherence

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1016-1018

  Novikova, I ^a   Matsko, A B ^a   Welch, G R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC COHERENCE;

COHERENT LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; RUBIDIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0001386976     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001016     Document Type: Article

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