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We study the selective reflection of the laser beam from rubidium atomic vapor at the D2 line (wavelength λ = 780 nm) at different atomic densities. We use a tunable free-running diode laser. We observed a measurable signal at a low atomic density N when the mean distance between resonance atoms reached two wavelengths. In our experiment, the dimensionless parameter N 1/3 λ varied from 0.5 to 2.8. The reflectivity increased with density monotonically. It is interesting to perform experiments when the parameter N 1/3 λ ≪ 1.
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Sautenkov, V.A., Varzhapetyan, T.S., Li, H. et al. Selective reflection of a laser beam from a dilute rubidium vapor. J Russ Laser Res 31, 270–275 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-010-9143-5
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