Experimental method to detect the magnetic birefringence of vacuum

D. Bakalov, F. Brandi, G. Cantatore, G. Carugno, S. Carusotto, F. Della Valle, A. Riva, U. Gastaldi, E. Iacopini, P. Micossi,

Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B · 1998 · 63 citations · 13 references

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We describe the principle and the status of the PVLAS experiment which is being assembled at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Legnaro, Padua, Italy) to look for coherent effects, related to the QED vacuum structure, on the propagation of a polarized light beam in a strong magnetic field.

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