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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking of an Optical Polarization State in a Polarization-Selective Nonlinear Resonator
K. S. Manannikov, E. I. Mironova, A. S. Poliakov +3
We exploit polarization self-rotation in atomic rubidium vapor to observe spontaneous symmetry breaking and bistability of polarization patterns. We pump the vapor cell with horizo…
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Experimental characterization of bosonic photon creation and annihilation operators
R. Kumar, E. Barrios, C. Kupchak +1
The photon creation and annihilation operators are cornerstones of the quantum description of the electromagnetic field. They signify the isomorphism of the optical Hilbert space t…