OPTICAL BISTABILITY VIA A PHASE FLUCTUATION EFFECT OF THE CONTROL FIELD

Authors
GONG SQ DU SD XU ZZ PAN SH
Citation
Sq. Gong et al., OPTICAL BISTABILITY VIA A PHASE FLUCTUATION EFFECT OF THE CONTROL FIELD, Physics letters. A, 222(4), 1996, pp. 237-240
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
222
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
237 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1996)222:4<237:OBVAPF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The steady-state behavior in a unidirectional cavity has been analyzed by taking into account the effect of phase fluctuation in the control field based on a Lambda-type atomic model. It is shown that even if b oth fields are in resonance with the corresponding atomic transitions, optical bistability can still be realized due to a phase fluctuation in the control field. Furthermore, the bistable hysteresis loop become s wider as the linewidth increases.