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Density gradients and magnetic fields transverse to the propagation direction can produce polarization dependent phase shifts in a laser probing beam used for Faraday rotation studies of longitudinal magnetic fields in plasmas. The resulting depolarization should be considered when probing with fast optics near the critical density.
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Lehmberg et al. (1978) studied this question.
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