Faraday effect in a short pulse propagating in a resonant medium under an ultra-strong magnetic field

J G Huang, G Slavcheva, Ortwin Hess

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Abstract

We propose a dynamical model for description of the nonlinear Faraday rotation experienced by a short pulse propagating in a resonant medium subject to an ultra-strong static magnetic field. Under the assumptions of a sufficiently strong external magnetic field, such that the Zeeman splitting of the quantum system energy levels is large compared to the linewidth of the optical transitions involved and the bandwidth of the incident light, the light effectively interacts with a two-level system. Our numerical simulations show that the Faraday effect under these conditions is significantly distinctive from the one caused by weak to moderately strong magnetic field. Nonlinear coherent effects such as inhomogeneous polarization rotation along the pulse duration and an onset of a circularly polarized stimulated emission and coherent ringing have been demonstrated. Some views on the experimental observation of the predicted phenomena are given.
Original languageEnglish
Article number134304
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume77
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
EventPhoton08/QEP-18 - Scotland, Edinburgh, UK United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Aug 200829 Aug 2008

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