Nonlinear absorption and refraction in near-detuned rubidium vapor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2480-2483

  McCormick, C F ^a   Solli, D R ^a   Chiao, R Y ^a   Hickmann, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VAPORS;

DOPPLER BROADENED TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM; HOT ATOMIC RUBIDIUM VAPOR; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 0347022472     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002480     Document Type: Article

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