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S. D. Harrell, C.-Y. She, Tao Yuan, David A. Krueger, H. Chen, S. S. Chen, and Z. L. Hu
S. D. Harrell,1,* C.-Y. She,1 Tao Yuan,1 David A. Krueger,1 H. Chen,1,2 S. S. Chen,1,3 and Z. L. Hu1,4
1Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875, USA
2Present Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 613.1, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
3Present Address: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, Virginia 23666, USA
4Present Address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
*Corresponding author: sharrell@lamar.colostate.edu
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A complete theory describing the transmission of atomic vapor Faraday filters is developed. The dependence of the filter transmission on atomic density and external magnetic field strength, as well as the frequency dependence of transmission, are explained in physical terms. As examples, applications of the computed results to ongoing research to suppress sky background, thus allowing Na lidar operation under sunlit conditions, and to enable measurement of the density of mesospheric oxygen atoms are briefly discussed.
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Atomic Properties a
Linestrength a , Transition Vacuum Wavelength, and Linewidth
Filter Parameters used to Generate Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and ν 0 + and ν 0 − Transition Frequencies
D 1 Allowed Transition F 1 Value and Polarization
D 2 Allowed Transitions F 1 and F 2 Values and Polarization