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Polarization properties of a single-mode gas laser in transverse magnetic fields

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The effect of transversally applied magnetic fields on the polarization behavior of a single-mode gas laser is theoretically investigated, stressing the importance of the additivity of respective contributions influencing the time evolution of polarization parameters. By adding a new element to the existing theory, namely the contribution of magnetic-field-free regions in the active medium, and by considering the relatively large effects that small cavity anisotropies can cause, several apparent discrepancies between experiments and existing theory are resolved.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

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Lenstra, D. Polarization properties of a single-mode gas laser in transverse magnetic fields. Appl. Phys. 17, 257–267 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00886954

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