DRIFT INSTABILITY AND LIGHT-INDUCED SPIN-WAVES IN AN ALKALI VAPOR WITH FEEDBACK MIRROR

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GRYNBERG, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PARIS 06,CNRS,LAB KASTLER BROSSEL,F-75230 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90503-7
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The instability is studied that occurs when a paramagnetic atomic medium submitted to a nearly resonant optical beam is placed in front of a feedback mirror. The occurrence of an instability that involves polarization, spatial and temporal degrees of freedom is shown. The drift of the pattern can be described as a travelling spin wave. An analytical expression is given for the frequency and the phase velocity of these waves.
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