Title :
Optical bistability from three-level atoms
Author :
Walls, Daniel F. ; Zoller, Peter ; Steyn-Ross, Moira L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
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.
Keywords :
Bistability, optical; Optical bistability; Absorption; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Bandwidth; Coherence; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Resonance; Stationary state;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1981.1071106
