Journal of Natural Science of Heilongjiang University
Study on optical bistability in an atom optomechanical cavity hybrid system
GE Ya
Abstract
Optical bistability in a hybrid system consisting of cavity optomechanical and a four-level inverted Y-type atom is investigated numerically. Steady state solution of Heisenberg-Langevin equation is derived. When the configuration condition of the system in electromagnetically induced transparency( EIT) is satisfied and is not satisfied,the thresholds of optical bistability are studied respectively. When EIT condition is not satisfied,the up-threshold of bistability is adjustable while the down-threshold remains the same one. On the contrary,when EIT condition is satisfied,the up-threshold of bistability remains the same one while the down-threshold is adjustable. When the atom system is under the condition of EIT configuration,bistability can be achieved more easily than which is not under the condition of EIT configuration. Furthermore,after the system reaches the up-threshold,no matter the condition of EIT configuration is satisfied or not,the curve of bistability becomes a linear with the intensity of driving field.