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High precision balanced mode polarimetry with a pulsed laser beam
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In this article, the authors apply balanced mode polarimetry to study an amplifying atomic medium endowed with optical rotation and linear dichroism and demonstrate double subtraction of such instrumental defects.About:
This article is published in Optics Communications.The article was published on 1995-09-01. It has received 17 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polarimeter & Polarimetry.read more
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Continuous quantum measurement of cold alkali-atom spins
TL;DR: In this paper, a laser-cooled cloud of cesium spins is polarized along one axis via optical pumping and, subsequently, a linearly polarized far-off resonant probe beam traverses the sample.
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The Malus Fabry-Perot interferometer
TL;DR: In this paper, a general model for the behavior of a sensor based on a Fabry-Perot interferometer placed between crossed polarizers is described, which predicts the response of the system to circular and/or linear intracavity anisotropies.
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Differential optical technique for chiral analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a differential method was developed to determine displacement from a defined point of optical transmission (e.g., ±45° from null, or null 90° and parallel 0°) and utilizes the coupled nature of the two signals for common mode noise rejection and signal enhancement.
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Magnification of a tiny polarisation rotation by a dichroic plate in balanced mode polarimetry
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the magnification of a small rotation angle of the linear polarisation of a laser beam measured with a balanced mode polarimeter by a single-pass passive dichroic optical component placed between the sample inducing the rotation and the analyser.
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Sensitive pulsed pump-probe atomic polarimetry for parity-violation measurements in caesium
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe an ongoing experiment to measure parity violation in atomic caesium, based on detection by stimulated emission, and exploit the symmetry of revolution of the experiment by rotating pump and probe linear polarizations around the beam axis and reversing in a cylindrically symmetric cell.
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Laser frequency stabilization by polarization spectroscopy of a reflecting reference cavity
Theodor W. Hänsch,B. Couillaud +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a linear polarizer or Brewster plate is placed inside the reference cavity, so that the reflected light acquires a frequency-dependent elliptical polarization, which can provide the error signal for electronic frequency stabilization without any need for modulation techniques.
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Observation of quantum noise reduction on twin laser beams.
TL;DR: In this article, a two-mode optical parametric oscillator operating above threshold was used to generate high-intensity twin beams which exhibit quantum correlations, and the noise power measured on the intensity difference between two such beams was reduced by 30% below the shot-noise limit.
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Precise Test of Electroweak Theory from a New Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic Thallium.
TL;DR: The ratio of the PNC {ital E1 amplitude to the {ital M1 amplitude}1 amplitude is found to be R=({minus}14.68{plus_minus}0.20){times}10{sup {minus}8}, which limits the size of nuclear spin-dependent PNC in Tl.
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Precise Measurement of Parity Nonconserving Optical Rotation in Atomic Thallium
TL;DR: In this article, a new measurement of parity nonconserving (PNC) optical rotation on the 6p 1/2/2 -6p 3/2-6p 4/2 transition in atomic thallium near 1283 nm was reported.
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Precise measurement of parity nonconserving optical rotation at 876 nm in atomic bismuth.
TL;DR: First precise measurements of parity nonconserving (PNC) optical rotation in atoms, carried out on the 876-nm M 1 transition in bismuth, in excellent agreement with the standard model of the electroweak interaction.
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