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View SchemaDensity effects in forward scattering of resonant light in rubidium vapor
| Authors | Szymon Pustelny, Wojciech Lewoczko, Wojciech Gawlik |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0404053 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0404053 |
| DOI | 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000037 |
Abstract
Transmission of light through an atomic sample placed between crossed polarizers in a magnetic field is jointly determined by Faraday rotation and net absorption: transmission increases with rotation and decreases with absorption. Both rotation and absorption are proportional to the atomic density N0, hence, in a certain range of N0, the two effects may compete yielding a distinct density dependence of the transmitted light. We have studied such dependence in rubidium vapor for N0 = 7.5*10^9 to 7.5*10^11 at/cm^3 with resonant laser light. We present interpretation of the competition effect and discuss its possible application for atomic density determination.
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"doi": "10.1364/JOSAB.22.000037",
"title": "Density effects in forward scattering of resonant light in rubidium vapor",
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