Bistable behaviors of weak probe light via coherent and incoherent fields

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (10) ◽  
pp. 1106-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jafarzadeh ◽  
E. Ahmadi Sangachin ◽  
Seyyed Hossein Asadpour
Keyword(s):  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Group Index ◽  
Probe Light ◽  
Spontaneously Generated Coherence ◽  
Intensity Threshold ◽  
Atomic Medium ◽  
Incoherent Pumping Field

In this paper, the bistable behaviors of weak probe light in a unidirectional ring cavity with a four-level atomic system are discussed. We find that in the presence of spontaneously generated coherence (SGC), the medium is completely phase dependent and the intensity threshold of optical bistability can be controlled. The effect of an incoherent pumping field on optical bistability in the presence and absence of SGC is also analyzed. Moreover, the group index behavior of weak probe light is investigated. We show that the intensity threshold of optical bistability can be controlled by light propagation switching from slow to fast by different parameters of the atomic medium.

THE EFFECT OF DECAY-INDUCED INTERFERENCE ON THE PHASE CONTROL OF THE OPTICAL BISTABILITY (OB)

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SAHRAI ◽  
R. KHERADMAND ◽  
N. SALAHSHOUR ◽  
M. MAHMOUDI
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Interference ◽  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Relative Phase ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Phase Control ◽  
Optical Multistability ◽  
Applied Fields ◽  
Optical Ring ◽  
Incoherent Pumping Field

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.

scholarly journals Optical Bistability in a Controllable Giant Self-Kerr Nonlinear Gaseous Medium under Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Doppler Broadening

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Phuong Le Thi Minh ◽  
Doai Le Van ◽  
Khoa Dinh Xuan ◽  
Bang Nguyen Huy
Keyword(s):  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Gaseous Medium ◽  
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Probe Laser ◽  
Doppler Broadening ◽  
Probe Light ◽  
Induced Transparency

We study optical bistability (OB) in a controllable giant self-Kerr nonlinear atomic gaseous medium placed in a unidirectional ring cavity. The medium is coherently excited by strong controlling field and a weak probe laser field under electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and Doppler broadening. In a weak field limit of the probe light, an analytic OB equation for the probe light field is derived as an analytic function of parameters of the controlling field and temperature of the medium. It is shown that OB characters can be manipulated with the parameters due to the controllable properties of the self-Kerr nonlinearity. Furthermore, enhancement of the Kerr nonlinearity reduces the switching intensity threshold and width of the OB.

CONTROL OF ABSORPTION AND KERR NONLINEARITY BASED ON QUANTUM COHERENCE WITHOUT DRIVING FIELD

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (30) ◽  
pp. 2921-2930 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHONGHUA HUANG ◽  
AIXI CHEN ◽  
ZHAOCHU CHEN ◽  
LI DENG
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Coherence ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Linear Absorption ◽  
Driving Field ◽  
Spontaneously Generated Coherence ◽  
Traditional Scheme ◽  
Atomic Medium ◽  
Induced Transparency

In a three-level atomic system, the influences of spontaneously generated coherence on the linear absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity are investigated. Our studies show that properties of linear absorption can be dramatically affected by the effect of spontaneously generated coherence. With increase of intensities of spontaneously generated coherence, absorption inhibition will occur, and finally the atomic medium becomes transparent. Furthermore, we find that the Kerr nonlinearity can be obviously enhanced under the action of effects of spontaneously generated coherence. Comparing with traditional scheme of the electromagnetically induced transparency, absorption and Kerr nonlinearity can be controlled without need another driving field in our scheme.

scholarly journals Subluminal and superluminal light pulse propagation under external magnetic field in a vee-type three-level atomic medium

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Thai Doan Thanh ◽  
Nguyen Tuan Anh ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien ◽  
Hoang Minh Dong ◽  
Nguyen Xuan Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
External Magnetic Field ◽  
Optical Switching ◽  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Atomic Medium ◽  
Induced Transparency

In this work, we investigate subluminal and superluminal light propagation in a vee-type three-level atomic medium under an external magnetic field. The dispersion and absorption behaviors are studied for the cases of absence and presence of a magnetic field. It is found that under an electromagnetically induced transparency condition, the light pulse can be switched between subluminal and superluminal propagation by ON-OFF switching of the magnetic field. Finally, the transient response of the medium is discussed, which shows that the considered scheme has potential applications in magneto-optic switching devices. Full Text: PDF ReferencesBoller K J, Imamoglu A, Harris S E, "Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency", Phys. Rev. Lett. 66 (1991) 2593. CrossRef Fleischhauer M, Imamoglu A, Marangos J P, "Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media", Rev. Mod. Phys. 77 (2005) 633. CrossRef L.V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, C.H. Bejroozi, "Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas", Nature, 397 (1999) 594. CrossRef Z. Dutton, N.G.C. Slowe, L.V. Hau, "The art of taming light: ultra-slow and stopped light", Europhysics News, 35 (2004) 33. CrossRef V. Bharti, V. Natarajan, "Sub- and super-luminal light propagation using a Rydberg state", Opt. Commun. 392 (2017) 180-184. CrossRef Khoa D X, Doai L V, Son D H and Bang N H, "Enhancement of self-Kerr nonlinearity via electromagnetically induced transparency in a five-level cascade system: an analytical approach", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 31 (2014) 1330. CrossRef Hamedi H R, Gharamaleki A H, and Sahrai M, "Colossal Kerr nonlinearity based on electromagnetically induced transparency in a five-level double-ladder atomic system", Appl. Opt 22 (2016) 5892. CrossRef A. Fountoulakis, A.F. Terzis, E. Paspalakis, "All-optical modulation based on electromagnetically induced transparency", Phys. Lett. A 374, (2010) 3354. CrossRef Khoa D X, Doai L V, Mai Anh L. N, Trung L. C, Thuan P. V, Dung N. T, and Bang N. H, J. "Optical bistability in a five-level cascade EIT medium: an analytical approach", Opt. Soc. Am. B, 33 (2016) 735. CrossRef Hoang Minh Dong, and Nguyen Huy Bang, "Controllable optical switching in a closed-loop three-level lambda system", Phy. Scr. 94, (2019) 115510. CrossRef Dong H M, Doai L V, Sau V N, Khoa D X and Bang N H, "Propagation of a laser pulse in a three-level cascade atomic medium under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency", Photonics Letter of Poland, 3 (2016) 73. CrossRef Khoa D X, Dong H M, Doai L V and Bang N H, "Propagation of laser pulse in a three-level cascade inhomogeneously broadened medium under electromagnetically induced transparency conditions", Optik 131 (2017) 497. CrossRef H. M. Dong, L.V. Doai, and N.H. Bang, "Pulse propagation in an atomic medium under spontaneously generated coherence, incoherent pumping, and relative laser phase", Opt. Commun. 426 (2018) 553-557. CrossRef Jiahua Li, Rong Yu, Liugang Si, and Xiaoxue Yang, "Propagation of twin light pulses under magneto-optical switching operations in a four-level inverted-Y atomic medium", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43 (2010) 065502. CrossRef S. H. Asadpour, H. R. Soleimani, "Polarization dependence of optical bistability in the presence of external magnetic field", Opt. Commun 310 (2014) 120-124. CrossRef H.M. Dong, L.T.Y. Nga, and N.H. Bang, "Optical switching and bistability in a degenerated two-level atomic medium under an external magnetic field", App. Opt. 58, (2019) 4192. CrossRef H. M. Dong, L. T. Y. Nga, D. X. Khoa, N. H. Bang, "Controllable ultraslow optical solitons in a degenerated two-level atomic medium under EIT assisted by a magnetic field", Sci. Rep. 10 (2020) 15298. CrossRef Daniel A. Steck, "Rubidium 87D Line Data," http://steck.us/alkalidata. CrossRef

Switching on or off the optical bistability based on the interaction of double dark resonances

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650245
Author(s):  
Xiang-An Yan ◽  
Li-Qiang Wang ◽  
Wei-Wei Zhang ◽  
Yao-Wu Liu ◽  
Han-Chen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Optical Switching ◽  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Microwave Field ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Threshold Intensity ◽  
Bistable Behavior ◽  
Text Type ◽  
All Optical ◽  
All Optical Switching

We investigated the optical bistability (OB), which is manipulated by double dark resonances, in a [Formula: see text]-type four-level atomic system with a unidirectional ring cavity. It is found that, with the interaction of double dark resonances, the bistable threshold intensity becomes weaker and the hysteresis loop becomes narrower by tuning properly the detuning of microwave field. Also, the influence of the intensity and frequency detuning of the microwave field on switching on or off the optical bistable behavior is studied, which is used to provide the theoretical guidance for controlling and optimizing all optical switching process. Our numerical results are explained by using a dressed-state approach.

scholarly journals Giant cross-Kerr nonlinearity in a four-level Y-type atomic system

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Phu ◽  
Nguyen Huy Bang ◽  
Doai Van Le
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
External Magnetic Field ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Slow Light ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Group Index ◽  
Buffer Gas ◽  
Induced Transparency

The analytical expression for the group index in a degenerated three-level lambda-type atomic system is derived as a function of the parameters of laser fields and external magnetic field. The influence of the external magnetic field on the group index is investigated. It is shown that by changing the magnitude or sign of the external magnetic field, the transparency window with normal dispersion switches to enhanced absorption with anomalous dispersion at the line center and hence the light propagation can be converted between subluminal and superluminal modes. Full Text: PDF ReferencesR. W. Boyd, "Slow and fast light: fundamentals and applications", J. Mod. Opt. 56 (2009) 1908-1915 CrossRef K.J. Boller, A. Imamoglu, S.E. Harris, "Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency", Phys. Rev. Lett. 66 (1991) 2593. CrossRef A. Lezama, S. Barreiro, and A. M. Akulshin, "Electromagnetically induced absorption", Phys. Rev. A 59 (1999) 4732-4735. CrossRef L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, C. H. Bejroozi, "Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas", Nature 397, 594 (1999) CrossRef L. J. Wang, A. Kuzmich, and A. Dogariu, "Gain-assisted superluminal light propagation", Nature 406 (6793), 277-279 (2000) CrossRef A. V. Turukhin, V. S. Sudarshanam, M. S. Shahriar, J. A. Musser, B. S. Ham, P. R. Hammer, "Observation of Ultraslow and Stored Light Pulses in a Solid", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 023602 (2002). CrossRef K. Bencheikh, E. Baldit, S. Briaudeau, P. Monnier, J. A. Levenson, and G. Mélin, "Slow light propagation in a ring erbium-doped fiber", Opt. Express 18 (25), 25642-25648 (2010). CrossRef E. E. Mikhailov, V. A. Sautenkov, I. Novikova, G. R. Welch, "Large negative and positive delay of optical pulses in coherently prepared dense Rb vapor with buffer gas", Phys. Rev. A 69, 063808 (2004). CrossRef E. E. Mikhailov, V. A. Sautenkov, Y. V. Rostovtsev, G.R. Welch, "Absorption resonance and large negative delay in rubidium vapor with a buffer gas", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 425 (2004). CrossRef A. M Akulshin and R. J McLean, "Fast light in atomic media", J. Opt. 12 (2010) 104001. CrossRef Vineet Bharti, Vasant Natarajan, "Sub- and super-luminal light propagation using a Rydberg state", Opt. Comm. 392 (2017) 180-184. CrossRef N.T. Anh, L.V. Doai, D.H. Son, and N.H. Bang, "Manipulating multi-frequency light in a five-level cascade EIT medium under Doppler broadening", Optik 171 (2018) 721-727. CrossRef N.T. Anh, L.V. Doai, and N.H. Bang, "Manipulating multi-frequency light in a five-level cascade-type atomic medium associated with giant self-Kerr nonlinearity", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 35 (2018) 1233. CrossRef N.H. Bang, L.N.M. Anh, N.T. Dung and L.V. Doai, "Comparative Study of Light Manipulation in Three-Level Systems Via Spontaneously Generated Coherence and Relative Phase of Laser Fields*", Commun. Theor. Phys. 71 (2019) 947-954. CrossRef L.V. Doai, "The effect of giant Kerr nonlinearity on group velocity in a six-level inverted-Y atomic system", Physica Scripta 95 (2020) 035104 (7pp). CrossRef P. Kaur and A. Wasan, "Effect of magnetic field on the optical properties of an inhomogeneously broadened multilevel Λ-system in Rb vapor", Eur. Phys. J. D 71 (2017) 78. CrossRef H. Cheng, H. -M. Wang, S. -S. Zhang, P. -P. Xin, J. Luo and H. -P. Liu, "Electromagnetically induced transparency of 87Rb in a buffer gas cell with magnetic field", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 50 (2017) 095401. CrossRef C. Mishra, A. Chakraborty, A. Srivastava, S. K. Tiwari, S. P. Ram, V. B. Tiwari and S. R. Mishr, "lectromagnetically induced transparency in Λ-systems of 87Rb atom in magnetic field", J. Mod. Opt. 65 (2018) 2269-2277. CrossRef S. H. Asadpour, H. R. Hamedi and H. R. Soleimani, "Slow light propagation and bistable switching in a graphene under an external magnetic field", Laser Phys. Lett. 12 (2015) 045202. CrossRef R. Karimi, S. H. Asadpour, S. Batebi and h. R. Soleimani, "Manipulation of pulse propagation in a four-level quantum system via an elliptically polarized light in the presence of external magnetic field", Mod. Phys. Lett. B 29 (2015) 1550185. CrossRef

Delayed-dynamical optical bistability within and without the rotating wave approximation

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550037 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lynch ◽  
R. A. Alharbey ◽  
H. A. Batarfi ◽  
S. S. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Rotating Wave Approximation ◽  
Wave Approximation ◽  
Rotating Wave ◽  
First Time

Optical bistability (OB) for a homogeneously broadened two-level atomic system in a ring cavity is investigated within and without the rotating wave approximation (RWA) using nonautonomous Maxwell–Bloch equations subject to a time delay. It is shown that the dynamics both within and without the RWA are susceptible to the introduction of time delays in the differential equations. A range of instability scenarios are found as certain parameters are ramped up and down and these can affect the bistable operation of the physical devices. However, the introduction of a time delay can also result in an important positive application; for the first time, as far as the authors are aware, it is shown that a type of butterfly hysteresis can occur in the fundamental component, which is a relatively strong output signal, and may be desired in optical signal processing.

ANALYSIS OF THE OPTICAL MULTISTABILITY BEHAVIOR IN A FOUR-LEVEL ATOMIC SYSTEM WITH AN ASSISTING MICROWAVE-DRIVEN FIELD

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (20) ◽  
pp. 2151-2160
Author(s):  
ZHI-PING WANG ◽  
SHUANG-XI ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Atomic System ◽  
Logic Gate ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Optical Computing ◽  
Optical Switches ◽  
Spontaneously Generated Coherence ◽  
Optical Multistability ◽  
All Optical

We show the steady-state optical multistability (OM) behavior in a four-level atomic system inside a unidirectional ring cavity. We find that the intensity and the detunings of the fields can affect the optical multistability behavior dramatically, which can be used to control the transition from OM to OB or vice versa without the need to resort to the effect of spontaneously generated coherence (SGC). The effect of the atomic cooperation parameter on OM is also studied. Our scheme may be used for building more efficient all-optical switches and logic-gate devices for optical computing and quantum information processing.

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