Recoil-induced effects in passive and active atomic systems

R. Bonifacio; B.W.J. McNeil; N. Piovella; G.R.M. Robb

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00544-1

Recoil-induced effects in passive and active atomic systems

R. Bonifacio, B.W.J. McNeil, N. Piovella, G.R.M. Robb

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Abstract

A theoretical analysis of absorptive optical bistability in a passive atomic medium and bidirectional lasing in an active atomic medium is presented. The atomic medium consists of a collection of cold two-level atoms and the atom-radiation field interaction is described using a one-dimensional semiclassical model. It is shown that when the effects of atomic recoil are included self-consistently, the interaction between the atoms and the radiation can be changed significantly from that when the effects of atomic recoil are neglected.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	559-570
Number of pages	12
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	179
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00544-1
Publication status	Published - 25 May 2000

Keywords

two-level atoms
bidirectional lasing
optical bistability
atomic recoil

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