EFFECTIVE OPTICAL ANISOTROPY IN EVANESCENT-WAVE PROPAGATION IN ATOMICVAPOR

Authors
KIERSNOWSKI K JOZEFOWSKI L DOHNALIK T
Citation
K. Kiersnowski et al., EFFECTIVE OPTICAL ANISOTROPY IN EVANESCENT-WAVE PROPAGATION IN ATOMICVAPOR, Physical review. A, 57(6), 1998, pp. 4079-4081
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4079 - 4081
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)57:6<4079:EOAIEP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We have observed changes in the polarization of an evanescent wave pro pagating in a resonant atomic vapor. The effect can be interpreted as an effective dichroism and birefringence of the vapor, the phenomenon characteristic of anisotropic media. In this case it arises from the G oos-Hanchen shift, which is different for light polarized parallel and perpendicular to the incident plane. We have also observed Faraday ro tation of the evanescent wave.