Laser field induced birefringence and enhancement of magneto-optical rotation

Optics Communications

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Patnaik, Anil K ^a   Agarwal, G S ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNCHROTRONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

COHERENT CONTROL FIELD; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; MAGNETOOPTICAL ROTATION;

OPTICAL ROTATION;

EID: 0033686854     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00530-1     Document Type: Article

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33. + polarized probe does not interact with the system.
34. + polarized probe does not interact with the system.
35. We have now generalized the results of this paper to include Doppler broadening. In fact our current work shows the possibility of a magneto-optical switch.