Abstract
For the most part, quantum statistical processes in quantum optics are investigated in a weak-coupling regime, but it has become possible recently to realize experimentally optical systems for which the internal coupling coefficient g is comparable to the external dissipative rates. Within, this context, the subject of our investigation is the quantum dynamical processes for a small collection of N two-state atoms strongly coupled to a single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity. For this system, we record input-output characteristics for steady-state operation with 3 ⪝ N ⪝ 65 intracavity atoms and observe optical bistability for N⪞15 atoms.1
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