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Faraday-Ramsey rotation measurement in a thin cell as analogy to atomic beam

Mark Dikopoltsev, Eliran Talker, Yefim Barash, Noa Mazurski, Uriel Levy

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

By confining Rubidium atoms in a micron scale vapor cell and illuminating them with two laterally displaced beams we mimic the behavior of an atomic beam and observe the Faraday-Ramsey effect at the micron scale.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.fw4j.7

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