2009/12/09 by Paul Siddons, Charles S. Adams, Ifan G. Hughes · 1 citation
Chemistry · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Chemistry #Faraday effect #Faraday rotator #Magnetic field #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optical rotation #Optics #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Rotation (mathematics) #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.81.043838
published as Phys. Rev. A 81, 043838 (2010) · 4 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2009/12/09 · openalex publication_date 2010/04/27 · arxiv updated 2010/04/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We demonstrate controlled polarization rotation of an optical field conditional on the presence of a second field. Induced rotations of greater than \ensuremathπ/2 rad are seen with a transmission of 95%, corresponding to a ratio of phase shift to absorption of 40\ensuremathπ. This combination of large, controlled rotation and low loss is well suited for the manipulation of light pulses.