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arXiv:1309.1095

Optical Bistability in a cavity with one moving mirror

B. M. Rodríguez-Lara, H. M. Moya-Cessa

Published Sep 4, 2013• 1 citation
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Abstract

We analyze the behaviour of a coherent field driving a single mode optical cavity with one perfectly reflecting moving mirror and a partially reflecting fixed mirror, and show that this system's output exhibits optical bistability due to radiation pressure acting over the moving mirror.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1309.1095

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