Phys. Rev. A 64, 033402 (2001) [7 pages]Large Faraday rotation of resonant light in a cold atomic cloudReceived 12 March 2001; published 1 August 2001 We experimentally studied the Faraday rotation of resonant light in an optically thick cloud of laser-cooled rubidium atoms. Measurements yield a large Verdet constant in the range of 105°/T mm and a maximal polarization rotation of 150°. A complete analysis of the polarization state of the transmitted light was necessary to account for the role of the probe laser’s spectrum. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033402
PACS:
32.80.Pj, 33.55.Ad
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