Controlling optical bistability in a three-level atomic system
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. A
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 (United States)
- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan (China)
We have experimentally studied the optical bistable behavior in an optical ring cavity filled with a collection of three-level {lambda}-type rubidium atoms, interacting with two collinearly propagating laser beams. The bistability so observed is very sensitive to the induced atomic coherence in this electromagnetically induced transparency system or consequently to the altered nonlinearity in the system and, thus, can easily be controlled by changing the intensity and the frequency detuning of the coupling field.
- OSTI ID:
- 20633926
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 67; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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