Detection of nonresonant impurity gases in alkali vapor cells Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We show that even small amounts of impurity gases significantly change the properties of the nonlinear Faraday effect in alkali vapor cells. These changes result from velocity-changing collisions. We propose a simple method of detection and measurement of the impurities based on this effect. 2002 American Institute of Physics.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

  • Novikova, I., Matsko, A. B., & Welch, G. R.

citation count

  • 4

complete list of authors

  • Novikova, I||Matsko, AB||Welch, GR

publication date

  • January 2002