1999/11/09 by Anil K. Patnaik, G. S. Agarwal
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph
published as Frontiers of Laser Physics and Quantum Optics, Eds. Z. Xu, S. Xie, S.-Y. Zhu and M. O. Scully, pg. 403-407 (Springer, Berlin, 2000) · 5 pages, 3 figures, style files included
arxiv created 1999/11/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
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 \em 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 \em magneto-optical switch.