Nonlinear precession of the polarization ellipse in resonant atomic media: two-level systems and Rb

Author

Budker, D. ; Chiao, R.Y. ; Hsiung, D.S. ; Rochester, S.M. ; Yashchuk, V.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

12-12 May 2000

Firstpage

252

Abstract

Summary form only given. Self-rotation (SR) of the polarization ellipse upon propagation through a nonlinear medium was among the first nonlinear optics phenomena observed. SR in resonant atomic vapors has been the subject of several theoretical and experimental studies. We describe SR in two-level F/spl rarr/F´ systems (F, F´ are the total angular momenta of the lower and the upper state) and present experiments and theoretical interpretation (based on density matrix calculations) of SR on the Rb D/sub 1,2/ lines.

Keywords

Doppler broadening; Faraday effect; Zeeman effect; hyperfine structure; nonlinear media; nonlinear optics; optical rotation; rubidium; D/sub 1,2/ lines; Rb; density matrix calculations; lower state; nonlinear medium; nonlinear optics phenomena; nonlinear precession; polarization ellipse; propagation; resonant atomic media; resonant atomic vapors; self-rotation; total angular momenta; two-level F-F´ systems; two-level systems; upper state; Atom optics; Computational Intelligence Society; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Polarization; Resonance; Strontium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

1094-5695

Print_ISBN

1-55752-608-7

Type

conf

Filename

902065