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Coherent Control of the Polarization of an Optical Field

S. Wielandy and Alexander L. Gaeta
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3359 – Published 19 October 1998
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Abstract

Through use of quantum coherence in an atomic system, we demonstrate that an optical field can be used to completely control the polarization state of another field. Theoretical and experimental results show that by applying a field with a frequency tuned near one transition, an initially isotropic atomic vapor can be made to behave as a linearly or circularly birefringent material for fields tuned near an adjoining transition.

  • Received 16 March 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3359

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. Wielandy* and Alexander L. Gaeta

  • School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

  • *Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

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Vol. 81, Iss. 16 — 19 October 1998

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