Abstract

This paper reports a steady-state theory for the polarization behaviour¹ of the output of a ring optical cavity that contains a vapour of atoms with a driven $\text{J}=\frac{1}{2}$ to $\text{J}=\frac{1}{2}$ transition. The input laser radiation may have arbitrary polarization and detuning. We have extended a previously reported theory² (which includes analytic results for zero detuning of the incident laser and zero magnetic field) to include detunings and magnetic fields.

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