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Polarization-sensitive correlation spectroscopy of atomic medium

V. V. Batygin, Dmitriy V. Kupriyanov, Igor M. Sokolov

Published May 6, 1996• 0 citations

Abstract

We have considered general polarization-sensitive correlation measurement of light intensity fluctuations based on a Hanbury Brown and Twiss interference detection scheme for probe radiation passed through angular momentum polarized atomic ensemble put into external magnetic field. The general theory is applied to the correlation spectroscopy of the atomic medium with spin ground state characterized by large relaxation times. We show and discuss the possibility of squeezing effect in transmitted light that can be caused by polarization- dependent interaction of the probe radiation with oriented atoms.

DOI: 10.1117/12.239846

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