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arXiv:physics/0405049 · Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Dynamic effects in nonlinear magneto-optics of atoms and molecules: review

Evgeniy B. Alexandrov, Marcis P. Auzinsh, Dmitry Budker, Derek F. Jackson Kimball, Simon Rochester, Valeriy V. Yashchuk

Published Jan 1, 2005• 74 citations
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Abstract

A brief review is given of topics relating to dynamical processes arising in nonlinear interactions between light and resonant systems (atoms or molecules) in the presence of a magnetic field.
DOI
10.1364/josab.22.000007

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