MEASUREMENT OF THE MAGNETIC BIREFRINGENCE OF NEON GAS

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作者
CAMERON, R
CANTATORE, G
MELISSINOS, AC
ROGERS, J
SEMERTZIDIS, Y
HALAMA, H
PRODELL, A
NEZRICK, FA
RIZZO, C
ZAVATTINI, E
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[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[2] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[3] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[4] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTMENTO FIS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
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10.1364/JOSAB.8.000520
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We constructed a sensitive ellipsometer to study extremely small ellipticities that are acquired by laser light when it traverses a multipass optical cavity in a 9-m-long superconducting magnet. This setup was used to measure the Cotton-Mouton constant (C(CM)) of neon at 514.5 nm. We find for 760 Torr (1 atm) and 25-degrees-C that C(CM)(Ne) = (5.5 +/- 0.3) x 10(-20) G-2 cm-1.
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