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Optics Communications

Can a linearly polarized light beam polarize atomic spin?

Yutaka Yoshikawa, 一正 佐竹, Takahisa Mitsui, Hiroyuki Sasada

Published Apr 1, 2001• 1 citation
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10.1016/s0030-4018(01)01020-3

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