Influence of a buffer gas on nonlinear magneto-optical polarization rotation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-56

  Novikova, Irina ^a,b   Matsko, Andrey B ^a,c   Welch, George R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; GASES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RUBIDIUM; VAPORS;

BUFFER GAS; MAGNETOOPTICAL RESONANCES; RUBIDIUM VAPOR CELL;

OPTICAL ROTATION;

EID: 13344280334     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000044     Document Type: Article

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