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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Magnetic free optical isolator based on light shift in atomic vapor

Eliran Talker, Illan Sher, Yefim Barash, Noa Mazurski, Uriel Levy

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a magnetic field free isolator based on the light shift effect in miniaturized hot vapor cell. This work paves the way into nonmagnetic optical isolator for optical information processing applications.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2022.am2d.4

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