2 papers
physics.atom-ph2026
Spatio-spectral vector light created by optical activity in rubidium vapor
Richard Aguiar Maduro, Riaan P. Schmidt, Mustafa A. Al Khafaji +5
We demonstrate a pump-probe scheme in which an atomic vapor is optically pumped with circularly polarized light and probed with a vector vortex beam. The pump induces a macroscopic…
physics.atom-ph2025
Probing the isolated vector magnetic field of structured laser beams by atoms
R. P. Schmidt, S. Martin-Domene, A. A. Peshkov +2
Electric and magnetic fields are inherently coupled in an electromagnetic wave. However, structured light beams enable their spatial separation. In particular, azimuthally polarize…