利用Doppler测速法实现小发散角锶原子速度分布的测量

锶光钟小型化系统中,利用Doppler测速法对小发散角锶原子的速度分布进行了测量。从锶炉喷出原子束的最可几速率为440 m/s,经过永磁体塞曼减速器减速后原子的速度最低可降低至80 m/s。验证了在原子行进过程中设置的减速磁场即永磁体塞曼减速器,能够对原子进行有效减速,进而提高俘获冷原子的数目。实验中采用的Doppler测速法装置简单,易于操作,可直接探测原子束的速度分布曲线。     

基于多普勒测速法的永磁体塞曼减速器研究北大核心CSCD

为实现锶原子光钟的空间应用,采用永磁体塞曼减速器,可有效规避塔状线圈造成的高功耗和体积占比大的问题,利于光钟的空间化发展。基于永磁体构建锶光钟的环状和柱状塞曼减速器,在减速原理、磁场构建和样品研制方面各有优劣,利用多普勒测速法可对两种减速器的减速效率进行测量,可将两种减速器的减速分布曲线累计分布后对比。实验结果表明:两种永磁体塞曼减速器都达到一定减速效果,但环状永磁体塞曼减速器在体积和减速效果上,相较单x方向的柱状永磁体塞曼减速器,体积减少了60%,重量减少了80%,减速效果部分区域效率高一倍,因此优势更为显著。进一步采用环状永磁体塞曼减速器俘获锶原子的三种同位素,完成了小型化锶原子光钟的一级俘获,满足零功耗、体积小的紧凑化光钟设计需求。     

用于原子干涉仪实验的锂原子的塞曼减速与磁光囚禁

为了制备适于原子干涉仪实验的低温锂原子样品,开展了锂原子的塞曼减速及与磁光阱囚禁相关的实验研究.设计并实现了一种结构紧凑的腔体内冷式多级线圈叠加的塞曼减速器,将速度小于600 m/s的7Li原子减速到60 m/s,磁光阱装载速率为5×108/s,囚禁原子数目1×109个,原子团的最低温度约为220±30μK.研究了光学黏胶中7Li原子的寿命与囚禁光频率失谐量的关系.这些结果为进一步开展7Li原子亚多普勒冷却、光势阱蒸发冷却以及原子干涉仪实验奠定了基础.     

利用塞曼扫频法实现对减速锶原子束速度分布的直接测量

应用塞曼扫频的方法对减速前后锶原子束的速度分布进行了测量,减速前锶原子束的最可几速度为420 m/s,减速后锶原子束的最可几速度为60 m/s,速度分布线宽相应压窄.塞曼扫频法实验装置简单,操作方便,原子束的速度分布源自对原子束荧光的直接观测,测量精度较高. 关键词： 光钟 原子束 塞曼效应 塞曼减速器     

利用塞曼减速法实现锶同位素的磁光阱俘获

利用塞曼减速法在磁光阱(MOT)中实现锶原子一级冷却,使用塞曼减速器对进入阱区前的热原子束进行减速,实验时该减速器线圈通入10.2 A电流,阱区反亥姆霍兹线圈通入10 A电流时,中心区域线性磁场梯度为4 mT/cm,用于冷却和俘获的激光波长为461 nm,其对应于锶原子(5s~2)~1S_0→(5s5p)~1P_1的能级跃迁。通过实验获得了锶4种同位素的冷原子团、探测到相应的冷原子荧光光谱,并且测定其中~(88)Sr,~(87)Sr和~(86)Sr的冷原子数目分别为1.759×10~6,1.759×10~5和2.638×10~5。     

小型化锶光钟物理系统的研制

光钟物理系统的小型化是制约可搬运光钟及空间冷原子光钟发展的重要因素.主要介绍了小型化锶原子光钟物理系统的研制实验.采用真空腔内置反亥姆霍兹线圈,构建一个小电流、低功耗及小体积的磁光阱.实验中测得真空线圈通电电流仅为2 A时,磁光阱中心区域轴向磁场梯度可达到43 Gs/cm,完全满足锶原子多普勒冷却与俘获对磁场梯度的要求.目前已经成功将锶原子光钟物理系统体积缩小至60 cm×20 cm×15 cm,约为实验室原锶光钟物理系统体积的1/10,并且实现了锶原子的一级冷却,测得俘获区冷原子团的直径为1.5 mm,温度约为10.6 mK.锶同位素~(88)Sr和~(87)Sr的冷原子数目分别为1.6×10~6和1.5×10~5.重抽运激光707和679 nm的加入,消除了冷原子在~3P_2和~3P_0两能态上的堆积,最终可将冷原子数目提高5倍以上.     

锶原子光晶格钟塞曼减速器的设计与实现

介绍了一种以电脑程序模拟计算线圈分布的方法,以精确匹配作为锶原子光晶格钟中作为冷却装置的塞曼减速器的理论塞曼磁场。说明了优化设计程序的算法结构及基本流程,并对实验中的实际塞曼磁场和锶原子光晶格钟磁光阱信号进行测量。这种设计方法完全基于电脑程序的模拟运算,可以根据实际情况改变物理参数和磁场模型,并迅速有效地计算出与之匹配的线圈分布。计算磁场相对于理论磁场的均方根(RMS)达到2.17×10~(-4)T,实现了较高的磁场匹配度。     

锶原子光晶格钟自旋极化谱线的探测

87Sr原子存在核自旋,在磁场作用下原子能级会分裂成不同塞曼子能级.通过光抽运对原子进行自旋极化,其自旋极化谱线的探测为锶光钟系统的闭环锁定提供精确的频率参考.本文对~(87)Sr原子钟跃迁能级5s~2~1S_0→5s5p~3P_0中的m_F=+9/2和m_F=-9/2的塞曼磁子能级自旋极化谱线进行了探测.经过一级宽带冷却和二级窄线宽冷却与俘获后,锶冷原子温度为3.9μK,原子数目为3.5×10~6.利用邻近"魔术波长"的813.426 nm半导体激光光源实现水平方向的一维光晶格装载.采用归一化探测方法用线宽为Hz量级的698 nm钟激光对~1S_0→~3P_0偶极禁戒跃迁进行探测,在150 ms的探测时间下获得线宽为6.7 Hz的钟跃迁简并谱.在磁光阱竖直方向施加一个300 mGs的偏置磁场获得塞曼分裂谱,并通过689 nm的圆偏振自旋极化光进行光抽运,最终在探测时间为150 ms时,获得左右旋极化谱线线宽分别为6.2 Hz和6.8 Hz.     

锶原子Doppler冷却中再抽运光对原子俘获影响的理论和实验研究

本文主要研究锶原子光钟Doppler冷却过程中再抽运光对俘获冷原子参数的影响,实验上测得再抽运光光强和失谐跟所俘获原子数目的关系,并且测得了在同时注入再抽运光707 nm和679 nm后使俘获冷原子的数目提高了17倍,分析了再抽运光的失谐对俘获原子数目的影响,测得了再抽运光707 nm在失谐5 MHz的情况下俘获原子数目的波动小于3‰. 关键词： 光频标 激光冷却与俘获 原子俘获率     

用吸收法对铯原子磁光阱中冷原子数目的测量

介绍了吸收法测量冷原子数的原理以及对铯原子气室磁光阱中俘获的冷原子数目的测量过程及结果. 与通常的荧光收集法相比，在原理上与静止二能级原子同共振单模光场作用的模型更加接近，同时大大减小了测量中的误差累积，提高了测量精度. 测得的冷原子数为(8±0.3)×10⁶，同时还利用测得的阱中俘获的稳态冷原子数和磁光阱中冷原子的寿命间接获得了磁光阱的俘获率. 关键词： 激光冷却与俘获 磁光阱 冷原子数目 俘获率     

Magnetic trapping of hydrogen after multistage Zeeman deceleration

We report the first experimental realization of magnetic trapping of a sample of cold radicals following multistage Zeeman deceleration of a pulsed supersonic beam. H atoms seeded in a supersonic expansion of Kr have been decelerated from an initial velocity of 520 m/s to 100 m/s in a 12-stage Zeeman decelerator and loaded into a magnetic quadrupole trap by rapidly switching the fields of the trap solenoids.     

Maximized cooling efficiency for a Zeeman slower operating at optimized magnetic field profile

We build a Zeeman slower with consecutive coils and use it to load an Yb magneto-optical trap(MOTs).Cooling efficiency is measured by the fluorescence intensity of the atomic cloud trapped by the MOT.An optimized magnetic field profile can acquire the maximum cooling efficiency,corresponding to a good compromise between the smaller magnetic field mismatch and the high capture velocity.Our studies provide useful information on how the performance of the Zeeman slower can be improved.     

Development of adjustable permanent magnet Zeeman slowers for optical lattice clocks

We develop a permanent-magnet Zeeman slower with adjustable magnets along the longitudinal and radial directions.Produced by four arrays of cylindrical magnets, the longitudinal magnetic field in the slower is tunable if relevant parameters vary, for example, laser detuning or intensity. The proposed Zeeman slower can be reconfigured for Sr atoms. Additionally,we demonstrate that the residual magnetic field produced by the permanent magnets in the magneto-optical trap region can be as small as 0.5 Gs.     

Loading of a krypton magneto-optical trap with two hollow laser beams in a Zeeman slower

A significant enhancement in the number of cold atoms in an atomic-beam-loaded magneto-optical trap (MOT) for metastable krypton atoms is observed when hollow laser beams are used in a Zeeman slower instead of a Gaussian laser beam. In the Zeeman slower setup, a combination of two hollow laser beams, i.e., a variable-diameter hollow beam generated using a pair of axicon lenses superimposed on a fixed-diameter hollow beam, has been used to reduce the longitudinal velocity of the atoms in the atomic beam below the capture speed of the MOT. The observed enhancement in the number of atoms in the MOT is attributed to reduced destruction of the atom cloud in the MOT and increased cooling of the off-axis atoms in the atomic beam, resulting from the use of hollow beams in the Zeeman slower.     

Magneto-optical trapping of Stark-slowed metastable He atoms

We report on the first successful loading of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) with metastable He atoms from a Stark-slower. Thereby, deceleration of the atoms relies on laser-atom interaction in an inhomogeneous electric field. We show that the results obtained are comparable with early results from other groups achieved with a Zeeman slower. The Stark slower, which is able to fully control the final velocity of the atomic He beam, is the first step in achieving complete spin independent kinematic control based solely on electric fields. Received 2 October 2002 / Received in final form 20 January 2003 Published online 29 April 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: eichmann@mbi-berlin.de     

Motion-induced magnetic resonance of Rb atoms in a periodic magnetostatic field

We demonstrate that transitions between Zeeman-split sublevels of Rb atoms are resonantly induced by the motion of the atoms (velocity: approximately 100 m/s) in a periodic magnetostatic field (period: 1 mm) when the Zeeman splitting corresponds to the frequency of the magnetic field experienced by the moving atoms. A circularly polarized laser beam polarizes Rb atoms with a velocity selected using the Doppler effect and detects their magnetic resonance in a thin cell, to which the periodic field is applied with the arrays of parallel current-carrying wires.     

Effect of Zeeman Slower Beam on Loading of a Krypton Magneto-Optical Trap

We report the studies on the effect of Zeeman slower beam power on the loading rate and collision loss rate in an atomic beam loaded krypton magneto-optical trap (MOT). The results show that an increase in Zeeman slower beam power initially increases the MOT loading rate and reduces the background collision loss rate to increase the number of cold atoms in the MOT to an optimum value. With further increase in the Zeeman slower beam power, the number of cold atoms in the MOT decreases due to increased background collision loss rate and decrease in the trap loading rate. However, the cold collision loss rate is observed to remain unaffected by the variation in the Zeeman slower beam power. Therefore, the study emphasizes the need to optimize the Zeeman slower beam power to trap maximum number of cold atoms in an atomic beam loaded MOT.     

Superluminal light propagation assisted by Zeeman coherence

We have observed a dispersionlike absorption (or gain) spectrum at the D1 transition in a Rb vapor cell filled with a buffer gas, due to Zeeman coherence of the ground states in a double Lambda configuration. Meanwhile, we have also observed superluminal pulse propagation. It is experimentally demonstrated that the front speed of a light pulse still equals the light speed c in vacuum, although the group velocity of the light pulse is(-2.2+/-0.6) x 10(4) m/s.