A bistable system with an electromagnetically induced grating
Zhuo Zhong-Changa, Gao Jin-Yuea, Su Xue-Meib, Wang Li-Junc
a Department of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130023, China; b Department of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130023, China; Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130021, China; Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changc; c Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130021, China; Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130021, China
Abstract We propose a scheme of a bistable system with an electromagnetically induced grating and analyse the optical bistabilities in the system. The stationary equations describing the system have been derived. This bistable system shows typical hysteresis behaviour.
Received: 05 March 2001
Revised: 09 August 2001
Published: 12 June 2005
PACS:
42.65.Pc
(Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10074021 and 60078015), and the Doctoral Programme Foundation of the Institution of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 19201038).
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Zhuo Zhong-Chang, Gao Jin-Yue, Su Xue-Mei, Wang Li-Jun A bistable system with an electromagnetically induced grating 2002 Chin. Phys. 11 35
