Cylindrical vector beams for rapid polarization-dependent measurements in atomic systems

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25143-25150

  Fatemi, F K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

ATOMIC SYSTEM; CYLINDRICAL VECTOR BEAM; OPTICALLY PUMPED; POSITION DEPENDENTS; SINGLE SHOTS; SPACE VARIANTS; VECTOR BEAMS; WARM RUBIDIUM VAPORS;

VECTOR SPACES;

RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; RUBIDIUM;

EID: 82955233613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025143     Document Type: Article

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