Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials
THE EFFECT OF DECAY-INDUCED INTERFERENCE ON THE PHASE CONTROL OF THE OPTICAL BISTABILITY (OB)
Mostafa Sahrai, Reza Kheradmand, N. SALAHSHOUR, Mohammad Mahmoudi
Abstract
This paper studies the optical bistability in a degenerate three-level Λ-type atomic system in a unidirectional optical ring cavity. The effect of quantum interference on the phase control of the optical bistabilty is then discussed. It is shown that the optical bistability changes with the intensity of coupling and the rate of an incoherent pumping field. The possibility of creating an optical multistability (OM) by the intensity of coupling field relative phase between the applied fields, and the rate of an incoherent pump field has also been discussed.