Measurement of the magnetic birefringence of neon gas

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.8.000520· OSTI ID:5838248

Cameron, R; Cantatore, G; Melissinos, A C; Rogers, J; Semertzidis, Y ^[1]; Halama, H; Prodell, A ^[2]; Nezrick, F A ^[3]; Rizzo, C ^[4]; Zavattini, E ^[5]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (USA)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (USA)
3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (USA)
4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste (Italy)
5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste (Italy)

We constructed a sensitive ellipsometer to study extremely small ellipticities that are acquired by laser light when it traverses a multipass optical cavity in a 9-m-long superconducting magnet. This setup was used to measure the Cotton--Mouton constant ({ital C}{sub CM}) of neon at 514.5 nm. We find for 760 Torr (1 atm) and 25 {degree}C that {ital C}{sub CM}(Ne)=(5.5 {plus minus} 0.3){times}10{sup {minus}20} G{sup {minus}2} cm{sup {minus}1}.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER13065; AC02-76CH03000; AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5838248
• Journal Information: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (USA) Vol. 8:3; ISSN JOBPD; ISSN 0740-3224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BIREFRINGENCE
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELEMENTS
ELLIPSOMETRY
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GASES
LASER RADIATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
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MEASURING METHODS
NEON
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
REFRACTION
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS