Our model, presented earlier, which predicts the circumstances under which intrinsic mirrorless optical bistability (OB) can occur due to atomic pair correlation in a small volume, is outlined and the results presented. These results, which Predict a first-order phase transition in steady state for an externally-driven collection of a large number of atoms far removed from thermodynamic equilibriun, forms the motivation for a detailed microscopic examination of the dynamical behavior of atonic pair correlation in the presence of externally-applied coherent radiation. 4 model is presented and results are discussed for the transient dynamic evolution of two, two-level atoms separated from each other by a distance r in the presence of an externally-applied coherent radiation field. The results predict collective radiation reaction, frequency shifts, relaxation in terms of the atomic seoaration r (assumed much larger than single atom dimensions), the externally-applied field intensity and spacial uniformity of the field with respect to the inter-atomic volume.

Date Published: 2 August 1982
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 0317, Integrated Optics and Millimeter and Microwave Integrated Circuits, (2 August 1982); doi: 10.1117/12.933114

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0317:
Integrated Optics and Millimeter and Microwave Integrated Circuits
Bob D. Guenther; William Pittman, Editor(s)