Optical bistability from three-level atoms
Abstract
A novel mechanism is proposed for optical bistability utilizing the population trapping which may occur in a coherent superposition of sublevels in a three-level system. The resulting bistability does not require atomic saturation and is insensitive to Doppler and laser bandwidth effects.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1981IJQE...17..380W
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Energy Levels;
- Bistable Circuits;
- Optical Resonance;
- Optical Transition;
- Population Inversion;
- Trapped Particles;
- Doppler Effect;
- Laser Outputs;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Saturation;
- Spectral Line Width;
- Spectral Sensitivity;
- Lasers and Masers