Circular and linear magnetic birefringences in xenon at nm
arXiv:1503.01719 · doi:10.1063/1.4916049
Abstract
The circular and linear magnetic birefringences corresponding to the Faraday and the Cotton-Mouton effects, respectively, have been measured in xenon at nm. The experimental setup is based on time dependent magnetic fields and a high finesse Fabry-Perot cavity. Our value of the Faraday effect is the first measurement at this wavelength. It is compared to theoretical predictions. Our uncertainty of a few percent yields an agreement at better than 1 with the computational estimate when relativistic effects are taken into account. Concerning the Cotton-Mouton effect, our measurement, the second ever published at nm, agrees at better than with theoretical predictions. We also compare our error budget with those established for other experimental published values.