Eur. Phys. J. D (2014) 68: 55
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-40246-1

Regular Article

Controlling the Goos-Hänchen shift via quantum interference

Research Institute for Applied Physics and Astronomy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

^a e-mail: rezaei.photonics@gmail.com

Received: 17 April 2013
Received in final form: 17 November 2013
Published online: 21 March 2014

Abstract

The behavior of the Goos-Hänchen (GH) shifts of a probe beam reflected from or transmitted through a cavity with a fixed geometrical configuration is theoretically investigated. The effect of quantum interference induced by incoherent pump and spontaneous emission upon the control of GH shifts is then discussed. In addition, the effect of the rate of an incoherent pump field and the intensity of coupling field on the behavior of GH shifts are presented.