Noise-induced switching via fluctuating atomic coherence in an optical three-level bistable system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2015-2020

  Joshi, Amitabh ^a,b   Xiao, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

ATOMIC COHERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; KERR NONLINEARITY; LAMBDA-TYPE CONFIGURATION; LASER PARAMETERS; OPTICAL RING CAVITY; SWITCHING PHENOMENON; THREE LEVEL ATOMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 59949092933     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.002015     Document Type: Article

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