Light-shift-induced level crossing and resonatorless optical bistability in sodium vapor

被引：41

作者：

Ackemann, T ^{[1
]}

Heuer, A ^{[1
]}

Logvin, YA ^{[1
]}

Lange, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] BYELARUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST PHYS, MINSK 220072, BELARUS

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1997年 / 56卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2321

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

It is demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that a light-shift-induced level crossing in an oblique magnetic field results in a nonmonotonous dependency of the transmission of a sodium vapor cell on the input power. If feedback by a single plane mirror is added, bistability of the transmission and of the beam profile (resonatorless transverse optical bistability) is observed. The origin of the bistable behavior and the parameter dependencies is explained by the properties of the homogeneous solution. Numerical simulations with a Gaussian incident beam reproduce well the switching behavior of the beam profile found in the experiment.

引用

页码：2321 / 2326

页数：6

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