Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate ‘backward’ hysteresis loop in optical bistability from an optical ring cavity containing three-level (Λ-type) rubidium atoms. Switching from ‘backward’ to normal hysteresis loop can be controlled by coupling field and cavity detuning.
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