Intrinsic Optical Bistability In Systems Of Spacially Distributed Two-Level Atoms: Conditions Of Stability And Instability

Yacob Ben-Aryeh; Charles M Bowden; John C Engl and

doi:10.1117/12.938872

14 October 1986 Intrinsic Optical Bistability In Systems Of Spacially Distributed Two-Level Atoms: Conditions Of Stability And Instability

Yacob Ben-Aryeh, Charles M Bowden, John C Engl and

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Proceedings Volume 0667, Optical Chaos; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938872
Event: 1986 Quebec Symposium, 1986, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

We use a fully quantum, many-body treatment to show mirrorless optical bistability in terms of the spacial properties of interacting two-level systems. The bistability effects are related to the coherent dipole-dipole interactions which introduce an inversion-dependent renormalization of the frequency (or relaxation). Conditions of stability and instability are discussed for a thin sample of two-level atoms with a width smaller than a wavelength. For a long sample of two-level atoms, we find that the two phases of high transmissivity and low transmissivity may coexist spacially in the material.

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Yacob Ben-Aryeh, Charles M Bowden, and John C Engl and "Intrinsic Optical Bistability In Systems Of Spacially Distributed Two-Level Atoms: Conditions Of Stability And Instability", Proc. SPIE 0667, Optical Chaos, (14 October 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938872

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