Abstract
The intracavity absorption (or gain) coefficient of two-level atoms embedded inside a Fabry-Perot cavity has been demonstrated to be well represented by an equivalent two-level system. The parameters of this new two-level system are simply related to that of the medium and to the cavity characteristics. When associated with well- known results of fluorescence spectra and nearly degenerate four-wave mixing in two-level media, this equivalence provides a universal description of intracavity resonance fluorescence and relaxation oscillations in any nonlinear absorptive, amplifying, or dispersive Fabry-Perot cavities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1176-1180 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1988 |