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dc.contributor.authorVarcoe, BTH
dc.contributor.authorSang, RT
dc.contributor.authorMacGillivary, WR
dc.contributor.authorStandage, MC
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, PM
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-09T23:22:11Z
dc.date.available2019-05-09T23:22:11Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn0950-0340
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09500349908231304
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/120861
dc.description.abstractThe quantum electrodynamic description of circularly and linearly polarized, single mode radiation exciting atomic transitions in a hyperfine manifold is extended to the more general case of elliptic polarization. Calculations for the sodium D2 line are tested by observing the line polarization of the resonance flourescence scattered perpendicular to the plane containing laser and atomic beams as a function of the laser polarization. Very good agreement between the calculations and the measurements is achieved. It is demonstrated that predetermined populations and substate coherences can be engineered by optically pumping the transition with the appropriately polarized radiation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom787
dc.relation.ispartofpageto800
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Modern Optics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume46
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtomic, molecular and optical physics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchQuantum physics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNanotechnology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5102
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5108
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4018
dc.titleOptical Pumping of the Na D2 Transition with Elliptically Polarized Light
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMacGillivray, William R.
gro.griffith.authorStandage, Max C.
gro.griffith.authorSang, Robert T.


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