Controllable optical bistability in a three-mode optomechanical system with a membrane resonator<xref rid="cpb_27_7_074214_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_7_074214_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11504258 and 11347181), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2014021011-1), and the Qualified Personnel Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology, China (Grant No. tyutrc201245a).</p> </fn>

Controllable optical bistability in a three-mode optomechanical system with a membrane resonator* *

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11504258 and 11347181), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2014021011-1), and the Qualified Personnel Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology, China (Grant No. tyutrc201245a).

Yan Jiakai, Zhu Xiaofei, Chen Bin^†

(color online) (a) Mean intracavity photon number n₁ in the left cavity as a function of the cavity–pump detuning Δ_c for the left pump power P_L = 0.1, 0.35, and 0.65 mW. (b) Mean intracavity photon number n₁ as a function of the left pump power P_L for different cavity–pump detuning Δ_c = 0.5, 0.87, and 1.2 MHz. (c) The bistability diagram of the mean intracavity photon number n₁ with respect to P_L and Δ_c. The right pump power is equal to 0 mW.