Atomic optical bistability in two- and three-level systems: Perspectives and prospects

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1196-1220

  Joshi, Amitabh ^a   Xiao, Min ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coherence; noise induced switching; optical bistability; stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ATOM-CAVITY SYSTEMS; ATOMIC SYSTEM; ATOMIC TRANSITION; COHERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; INDUCED ATOMIC COHERENCE; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS; NOISE-INDUCED SWITCHING; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; OPTICAL FIELD; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; THREE LEVEL SYSTEMS; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM;

CIRCUIT RESONANCE; COHERENT LIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESS CONTROL; QUANTUM OPTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77956373387     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2010.492919     Document Type: Review

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