Optical bistability and multistability via the effect of spontaneously generated coherence in a three-level ladder-type atomic system

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 332, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Cheng, Dong Chao ^a   Liu, Cheng Pu ^a   Gong, Shang Qing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Optical bistability; Optical multistability; Quantum interference; Spontaneously generated coherence; Three level atom

Indexed keywords

LADDERS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

HYSTERESIS CYCLES; MULTI STABILITIES; OPTICAL MULTISTABILITY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY GENERATED COHERENCE; THREE LEVEL ATOMS; THREE-LEVEL ATOMIC SYSTEMS; UNIDIRECTIONAL RING CAVITY;

ATOMS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DIPOLE; HYSTERESIS; OPTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 7244225168     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.09.052     Document Type: Article

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