Optical-depth scaling of light scattering from a dense and cold atomic ${}^{87}$Rb gas

K. J. Kemp, S. J. Roof, M. D. Havey +3

We report investigation of near-resonance light scattering from a cold and dense atomic gas of ${}^{87}$Rb atoms. Measurements are made for probe frequencies tuned near the $F=2\to F…