Polarization self - rotation in ultracold atomic 87 Rb
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Travis Horrom,1 Salim Balik,2 Arturo Lezama,3 Mark D. Havey,2 and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov1 1Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA 2Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA 3Instituto de Fı́sica, Universidad de la República, Casilla de correo 30, 11000, Montevideo, Uruguay (Received 20 February 2011; published 31 May 2011)
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