COOPERATIVE ATOMIC EFFECTS IN A MICROMASER

In this paper, we have studied the effect of co-operative atomic inter action in a lossless micromaser. It is shown that transient squeezing can be obtained even in the presence of co-operative atomic effects. H owever, an increase in the co-operative parameter can completely destr oy the squeezing. The steady-state squeezing is never obtained in this system which is due to the fact that trapping states no longer exist in the presence of co-operative effects.