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Compensation of ac Stark and Zeeman shifts in Doppler-free nonlinear Faraday rotation in rubidium vapor

Rafael Drampyan, Andrew D. Greentree, Alan V. Durrant

Published Jun 1, 2007• 0 citations

Abstract

Nonlinear Faraday rotation (NFR) was studied for87Rb atomic D2Fg= 2-Ft=1,2,3 transitions with crossed polarizers, with varying longitudinal magnetic field strength S = 0-10 G. The experiment was realized in counter-propagating beam Doppler-free geometry.

DOI: 10.1109/cleoe-iqec.2007.4386806

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