Phys. Rev. A 63, 043814 (2001) [10 pages]Self-rotation of resonant elliptically polarized light in collision-free rubidium vaporReceived 23 August 2000; revised 17 November 2000; published 15 March 2001 Self-rotation (SR) of elliptically polarized light resonant with atoms in a collision-free vapor is investigated experimentally and theoretically. Results of density matrix calculations are compared to measurements of SR on the Rb D1 and D2 lines. It is noted that SR effects involving individual hyperfine transitions are suppressed due to Doppler broadening, and so previously unrecognized effects arising from the interaction of light with multiple hyperfine transitions can become dominant. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043814
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043814
PACS:
42.50.Gy, 42.50.Hz, 32.80.Bx
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