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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Noise-Induced Enhancement of the Optical Bistability

Terumi Chikama

Published Apr 1, 1984• 1 citation
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Abstract

A stochastic approach is presented to investigate the fluctuation effects in optical bistability. We take the modulation of the atomic transition frequency induced by collisions as a stochastic fluctuation. In the good cavity limit the optical bistability is enhanced by the frequency modulation under some conditions, while it is suppressed in the bad cavity limit.

DOI
10.1143/jpsj.53.1252

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