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Controlling Magneto-Optical Rotation via Atomic COherences

Anil K. Patnaik, G. S. Agarwal

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9911034

Abstract

An isotropic medium, having magnetic sublevels, when subjected to a magnetic field or an electromagnetic field can induce anisotropy in the medium; and as a result the plane of polarization of the probe field can rotate. Therefore the rotation due to the magnetic field alone, can be controlled efficiently with use of a coherent field. We show, using a control field, significant enhancement of the magneto-optical rotation and demonstrate the possibility of realizing magneto-optical switch.

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