Spontaneous symmetry breaking of an optical polarization state in a polarization-selective nonlinear reson
We exploit polarization self-rotation (PSR) in atomic rubidium vapor to observe spontaneous symmetry breaking and bistability of polarization patterns. We pump the vapor cell with horizontally polarized light while the vertical polarization, which is initially in the vacuum state, is resonated in a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Optica Publishing Group
2024
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