Abstract We discuss the optical bistable behavior of a system of N V-type three-level atoms pumped by a coherent input field and coupled to a squeezed vacuum field by treating the optical hist ability of such a system as an input-output problem. It is shown that bistability can be realized due to the squeezed vacuum input.
Received: 20 June 1999
Accepted manuscript online:
PACS:
42.65.Pc
(Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)
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