MULTISTABILITY IN A SODIUM FILLED FABRY-PEROT - D1 LINE, HYPERFINE AND ZEEMAN PUMPING

被引:16
作者
GIUSFREDI, G [1 ]
SALIERI, P [1 ]
CECCHI, S [1 ]
ARECCHI, FT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORENCE,DEPT PHYS,I-50121 FLORENCE,ITALY
关键词
SODIUM AND ALLOYS;
D O I
10.1016/0030-4018(85)90130-0
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The transmission properties of a Fabry-Perot resonator, filled with Na vapor in absence of buffer gas, are systematically examined as the laser frequency is tuned across the D1 line, at different values of temperature and magnetic field. The observed multiple hystereses and symmetry breaking bifurcations are attributed to competition of hyperfine and Zeeman pumping, as the atoms interact with the two counterpropagating waves in the cavity.
引用
收藏
页码:39 / 46
页数:8
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]   LOW THRESHOLD OPTICAL BISTABILITY WITH OPTICAL-PUMPING [J].
ARECCHI, FT ;
GIUSFREDI, G ;
PETRIELLA, E ;
SALIERI, P .
APPLIED PHYSICS B-PHOTOPHYSICS AND LASER CHEMISTRY, 1982, 29 (02) :79-87
[2]   OBSERVATION OF OPTICAL TRISTABILITY IN SODIUM VAPORS [J].
CECCHI, S ;
GIUSFREDI, G ;
PETRIELLA, E ;
SALIERI, P .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1982, 49 (26) :1928-1931
[3]   LASER-SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY WITH OPTICAL-PUMPING [J].
FELD, MS ;
BURNS, MM ;
KUHL, TU ;
PAPPAS, PG ;
MURNICK, DE .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1980, 5 (02) :79-81
[4]   OBSERVATION OF ELECTRIC HEXADECAPOLE MOMENT OF FREE NA ATOMS IN A FORWARD SCATTERING EXPERIMENT [J].
GAWLIK, W ;
KOWALSKI, J ;
NEUMANN, R ;
TRAGER, F .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1974, 12 (04) :400-404
[5]   DIFFERENTIAL GAIN AND BISTABILITY USING A SODIUM-FILLED FABRY-PEROT-INTERFEROMETER [J].
GIBBS, HM ;
MCCALL, SL ;
VENKATESAN, TNC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1976, 36 (19) :1135-1138
[6]  
GIUSFREDI G, UNPUB
[7]   OBSERVATION OF POLARIZATION SWITCHING - D1-LINE OF SODIUM IN A FABRY-PEROT [J].
HAMILTON, MW ;
SANDLE, WJ ;
CHILWELL, JT ;
SATCHELL, JS ;
WARRINGTON, DM .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1983, 48 (03) :190-194
[8]   MEASUREMENT OF SODIUM-VAPOR DENSITY AT VERY LOW PRESSURES BY AN OPTICAL METHOD [J].
IOLI, N ;
STRUMIA, F ;
MORETTI, A .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1971, 61 (09) :1251-&
[9]   OPTICAL TRISTABILITY [J].
KITANO, M ;
YABUZAKI, T ;
OGAWA, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1981, 46 (14) :926-929
[10]   LIGHT PROPAGATION IN OPTICALLY PUMPED ALKALI VAPORS [J].
MATHUR, BS ;
TANG, HY ;
HAPPER, W .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A-GENERAL PHYSICS, 1970, 2 (03) :648-&