OPTICAL NONLINEAR DYNAMICS WITH COLD ATOMS IN A CAVITY

Authors
LAMBRECHT A GIACOBINO E COURTY JM
Citation
A. Lambrecht et al., OPTICAL NONLINEAR DYNAMICS WITH COLD ATOMS IN A CAVITY, Optics communications, 115(1-2), 1995, pp. 199-206
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
115
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
199 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)115:1-2<199:ONDWCA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This paper presents the nonlinear dynamics of laser cooled and trapped cesium atoms placed inside an optical cavity and interacting with a p robe light beam slightly detuned from the 6S(1/2)F=4 to 6P(3/2)F=5 tra nsition. The system exhibits very strong bistability and instabilities . The origin of the latter is found to be a competition between optica l pumping and nonlinearities due to saturation of the optical transiti on.