Optical Bistability in Semiconductors with Many-body Coulomb Effects

Abstract

The Bloch-like equations for the intracavity interaction of coherent light with semiconductors below the Mott density are derived. These equations include the many-body Coulomb effects. Steady state analysis reveals the characteristics of bistability and hysteresis in such systems. I t is shown that the hysteresis loops increase and that the bistability can be realized more easily due t o the many-body effects.