Bistability and instability of three-level atoms inside an optical cavity
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Optical bistability and dynamic instability are experimentally observed and studied in a system consisting of three-level L-type rubidium atoms in an optical ring cavity. The bistable behavior and self-pulsing frequency are experimentally manipulated by changing the controlling and cavity field parameters ~power and frequency!. These nonlinear effects are influenced by the enhanced Kerr nonlinearity due to atomic coherence in such a system.
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