Eur. Phys. J. D (2012) 66: 49
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-20345-9

Regular Article

Nonsecular terms in optical bistability

School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P.R. China

^a e-mail: zhlhxn@dlut.edu.cn

Received: 10 June 2011
Received in final form: 16 December 2011
Published online: 28 February 2012

Abstract

We investigate the influence of the nonsecular terms on the optical bistability in a photonic-crystal single-atom laser. The nonsecular terms result in a significant reduction of the bistability threshold. The optical bistability can be controlled by adjusting the parameters of the discontinuity in the photon density of states.