Differential-mode atomic polarimetry with pulsed lasers: High-precision zero adjustment

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-284

  Guena J ^a,c   Chauvat, D ^a,c   Jacquier, Ph ^a,c   Lintz, M ^a,c   Plimmer, M D ^a,b,c   Bouchiat, M A ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMS; BIREFRINGENCE; CESIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; PRISMS;

DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL MODE ATOMIC POLARIMETRY; JONES MATRIX; NULL SIGNAL METHOD; PARITY VIOLATION; PRECISE ZERO ADJUSTMENT;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0031078254     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000271     Document Type: Article

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