Atomic noise spectra in nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in a rubidium vapor

@article{Li2008AtomicNS,
  title={Atomic noise spectra in nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in a rubidium vapor},
  author={Hebin Li and Vladimir A. Sautenkov and Tigran S. Varzhapetyan and Yuri V. Rostovtsev and Marlan O. Scully},
  journal={Journal of The Optical Society of America B-optical Physics},
  year={2008},
  volume={25},
  pages={1702-1707}
}
We have studied the noise spectra in a nonlinear magneto-optical rotation experiment in a rubidium vapor. We observed the reduction of noise in the intensity difference of two orthogonally polarized components of the laser beam. The dependence of the noise level on both the frequency and the longitudinal magnetic field has been studied. We found that the optimal condition for the noise reduction is to work around zero longitudinal magnetic field, where the intensity correlation between the two… 
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