铷原子双共振激发态光抽运光谱及其在1.5μm半导体激光器稳频中的应用

本文介绍分别采用双共振光抽运(DROP)和光学双共振(OODR)光谱技术获得铷原子激发态5P_3/2-4D_3/2 (4D_5/2)之间的超精细跃迁光谱.与传统的OODR光谱相比,DROP光谱在信噪比、线宽等方面具有明显的优势.当1 529 nm光栅外腔半导体激光器的频率采用DROP光谱锁定于～87Rb原子的5P_3/2(F'=3) -4D_3/2(F"=3)超精细跃迁线时,300 s内典型的残余频率起伏为～0.65 MHz;明显优于采用OODR光谱锁频的结果(300 s内典型的残余频率起伏为～1.8 MHz).     

基于电磁诱导透明效应的无调制里德堡跃迁激光锁频

我们实验上展示了利用室温Rb原子蒸汽池中的电磁诱导透明光谱实现里德堡跃迁激光无调制频率锁定方法。在Rb原子5S_(1/2),5P_(3/2),10D_(3/2)组成的级联三能级系统中,耦合激光工作于原子从中间态5P_(3/2)和里德堡态10D_(3/2)跃迁,探测激光工作于耦合基态5S_(1/2)到中间态5P_(3/2)的跃迁。通过扫描耦合光的频率并测量探测光的光强变化实现EIT信号的监测。我们对探测光进行频率调制,通过解调EIT光谱获得误差信号,并将误差信号经由PID控制电路反馈至激光器进而实现耦合激光频率的锁定。利用这种方法实现了耦合激光的无调制锁频,激光锁定后的残余频率起伏约为1 MHz。这种锁定方法对实现里德堡态原子的高效制备具有重要意义。     

Rydberg原子的微波电磁感应透明-Autler-Townes光谱

主要研究了室温下微波场缀饰的铯Rydberg原子的电磁感应透明-Autler-Townes(EIT-AT)光谱.首先,以铯原子6S_(1/2)→6P_(3/2)→50S_(1/2)形成阶梯型三能级系统,利用强耦合光作用于6P_(3/2)→50S_(1/2)的Rydberg跃迁,弱探测光耦合基态跃迁6S_(1/2)→6P_(3/2)并探测由耦合光形成的电磁感应透明(EIT)效应.然后,以频率为30.582 GHz的微波电场耦合相邻的Rydberg能级50S_(1/2)→50P_(1/2)产生微波AT分裂.利用Rydberg EIT探测微波耦合相邻Rydberg能级产生的AT分裂,形成EIT-AT光谱,进而实现微波电场的测量.当微波场的强度增加到一定值时,EIT-AT光谱表现为多峰光谱结构.分析EIT-AT多峰光谱的成因,发现这主要是由场的不均匀性导致的,一定的EIT-AT光谱特征对应于特定的非均匀场分布.研究表明,利用Rydberg EIT-AT光谱可以实现微波电场的测量,利用其光谱特征可实现微波场的实时监测,进而提出了一种提高微波场空间分辨率的测量方法.     

与铷（5^2S1／2）原子碰撞产生的铷7^2D态精细结构转移截面

本文报道使用蒸汽泡和两光子两步激发方法,测量原子激发态敏化荧光I_(3/2)~1和直接荧光I_(3/2)~2其与温度的关系,得到与基态(5~2S_(1/2)铷原子碰撞产生的铷7~2D_(5/2)→7~2D_(3/2)和7~2D_(3/2)→7~2D_(5/2)精细结构转移截面分别为:σ_(fs)=4.7×10~(-13)cm~2、σ_(fs)~’=7.0×10~(-13)cm~2;碰撞转移出7~2D双态的转移截面σ_(tr)(5/2)=0.62×10~(-13)cm~2.由计算的7~2D态几何截面σ_(geom)能够相对很好地描述σ_(fs)和σ_(fs)~’的数量级.     

弱射频场中Rydberg原子的电磁感应透明

在铯原子室温蒸气池中研究了弱射频场中Rydberg原子阶梯型三能级系统的电磁感应透明(EIT)效应.铯原子基态6S_(1/2)、第一激发态6P_(3/2)和Rydberg 48D_(5/2)态形成阶梯型三能级系统,探测光共振作用于6S_(1/2)(F=4)→6P_(3/2)(F′=5)的跃迁,耦合光在Rydberg跃迁线6P_(3/2)(F′=5)→48D_(5/2)附近扫描,形成Rydberg原子EIT.当对铯原子施加一个80 MHz的弱射频电场时,48D_(5/2)Rydberg原子的EIT光谱发生Stark频移和分裂,同时产生由射频场调制Rydberg能级的偶数级边带,测量结果与Floquet理论模拟的结果相符合.同时,改变弱射频电场的频率研究了铯Rydberg能级的自电离效应对Rydberg原子Stark谱的影响,据此,我们提出将电极板置于铯原子蒸气池内的方案以减少自电离效应的影响.在弱射频Stark谱中,mj=5/2的Stark谱与mj=1/2,3/2的二级边带形成多个能级交叉,这些能级交叉点提供了一种基于原子的精确校准射频电场的新方法.     

超冷铯Rydberg原子的Autler-Townes分裂

主要研究超冷铯Rydberg原子阶梯型三能级系统的Autler-Townes(A-T)分裂.铯原子基态6S_(1/2)、第一激发态6P_(3/2)和Rydberg态形成阶梯型三能级系统,强耦合光共振作用于6P_(3/2)(F′=5)→34D_(5/2)的跃迁,探测光由偏振光谱锁定在6S_(1/2)(F=4)→6P_(3/2)(F′=5)的跃迁,并由双通的声光调制器在其共振跃迁附近扫描,形成的Rydberg原子A-T分裂谱由单光子计数器探测.A-T光谱的双峰间距与耦合光的拉比频率成正比,实验结果与理论计算在耦合光拉比频率Ω_c2π×9 MHz时符合得很好,在拉比频率Ω_c2π×9 MHz时,测量的A-T分裂比理论计算值小13%.产生偏差的主要原因是由于较大的耦合光拉比频率Ω_c增加了激发的Rydberg原子数,Rydberg原子间的相互作用产生了较大的退相干率所致.     

铯原子里德伯态精细结构测量

里德伯态光谱是测量里德伯态能级结构和中性原子间相互作用的常用技术手段,特别是高精度的里德伯光谱,可以测量室温原子气室中由偶极相互作用等导致的原子能级频移.在实验中利用反向的852 nm激光和509 nm激光实现了室温原子气室中铯原子6S_(1/2)—6P_(3/2)—57S(D)跃迁的级联双光子激发,实现了里德伯态原子的制备.基于阶梯型电磁诱导透明获得了铯原子里德伯态的高分辨光谱.实验中,基于速度选择的射频边带调制技术,对光谱信号进行了频率标定,测量了铯原子里德伯态57D_(3/2)和57D_(5/2)的精细分裂,分裂间隔为(354.7±2.5)MHz,与理论计算结果基本一致.速度选择的射频调制光谱可以实现里德伯态原子的能级分裂测量,其测量精度对于单光子跃迁的绝对激光频率不敏感;实验中影响57D_(3/2)和57D_(5/2)精细分裂间隔测量精度的主要因素是功率加宽导致的电磁感应透明信号的展宽和509 nm激光频率扫描的非线性.     

Two-Photon Transitions of ~(85)Rb 5D_(5/2) State by Using an Optical Frequency Comb and a Continuous-Wave Laser

A high-resolution two-photon spectrum of 5S_(1/2) → 5P_(3/2)→ 5D_(5/2) transitions in a thermal ~(85)Rb vapor cell is presented by using an optical frequency comb and a cw laser.The fluorescence of 6P_(3/2) → 5S_(1/2) spontaneous emission is detected when the cw laser frequency is scanned from the 5S_(1/2) ground state to 5P_(3/2) hyperfine levels and the optical frequency comb repetition rate is fixed.The hyperfine splittings(F_f = 2-5) of the 5D_(5/2) excited state are well resolved.The dependences of fluorescence intensities on the cw laser intensity and temperature of~(85)Rb vapor cell are studied,respectively.The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analyses.     

准分子激光光解卤化汞的研究

本文报导用193nm ArF和222nm KrCl准分子激光分别光解HgBr_2和HgI_2产生Hg原子的4047(?)(7~3S_1→6~3P_0 )、4358(?)(7~3S_1→6~3P_1)和5461(?)(7~3S_1→6~3P_2)的超辐射.文中讨沦了双光子光解选择激发Hg(7~3S_1)态的机理。     

Laser frequency locking based on the normal and abnormal saturated absorption spectroscopy of ~(87)Rb

We present a practical method to avoid the mis-locking phenomenon in the saturated-absorption-spectrum laserfrequency-locking system and set up a simple theoretical model to explain the abnormal saturated absorption spectrum. The method uses the normal and abnormal saturated absorption spectra of the same transition 5~2S_(1/2), F = 2–5~2P_(3/2), F'= 3 saturated absorption of the ~(87)Rb D_2resonance line. After subtracting these two signals with the help of electronics, we can obtain a spectrum with a single peak to lock the laser. In our experiment, we use the normal and inverse signals of the transitions 5~2S_(1/2), F = 2–5~2P_(3/2), F'= 3 saturated absorption of the ~(87)Rb D_2 resonance line to lock a 780-nm distributed feedback(DFB) diode laser. This method improves the long-term locking performance and is suitable for other kinds of diode lasers.     

光学厚Rb蒸气界面附近后向荧光光谱研究

在存在表面耗散层的纯Rb光学厚蒸气中,利用小功率可调谐半导体激光器泵浦Rb(5P_3/2)的超精细结构能级,测量和分析了780 nm(5P_3/2→5S_1/2)和795 nm(5P_1/2→5S_1/2)后向荧光的强度和线形,耗散层(近区)起光谱滤波器的作用。有两种可能产生5P_1/2态原子的机制,第一种机制是Rb(5P_3/2)+Rb(5S_1/2)→Rb(5P_1/2)+Rb(5S_1/2);第二种机制是Rb(5D)+Rb(5S)→Rb(5P)+Rb(5P),对于每一种机制,给出了后向敏化荧光的理论公式。研究后向荧光时,必须要确定荧光强度与激光功率的关系和荧光线形。激光频率扫描超精细结构共振线,得到的敏化后向荧光795 nm线形与共振荧光780 nm线形相似,其荧光强度与荧光功率有线性关系。因此,基本上可以用第一种机制解释5P_1/2态布居机制。理论证明了,第二种机制产生的敏化后向荧光强度应与激光功率平方成比例,这与实验结果是不同的,第二种机制不能解释耗散层界面后向敏化荧光的产生。     

Experimental Study on Double Resonance Optical Pumping Spectroscopy in a Ladder-Type System of ~(87)Rb Atoms

Double resonance optical pumping spectroscopy has an outstanding advantage of high signal-to-noise ratio, thus having potential applications in precision measurement. With the counter propagated 780 nm and 776 nm laser beams acting on a rubidium vapor cell, the high resolution spectrum of 5S_(1/2)-5P_(3/2)-5D_(5/2) ladder-type transition of ~(87)Rb atoms is obtained by monitoring the population of the 5S_(1/2) ground state. The dependence of the spectroscopy lineshape on the probe and coupling fields are comprehensively studied in theory and experiment.This research is helpful for measurement of fundamental physical constants by high resolution spectroscopy.     

Time-resolved probing of the ground state coherence in rubidium

We demonstrate the preparation and probing of the coherence between the hyperfine ground states |S(1/2),F=1> and |5S(1/2),F=2> of the Rb87 isotope. The effects of various coherence control techniques, i.e., fractional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage and coherent population return, on the coherence are investigated. These techniques are implemented using nearly degenerate pump and Stokes lasers at 795 nm (Rb D1 transition), which couple the two hyperfine ground states via the excited state |5P(1/2),F=1> through a resonant two-photon process in which a coherent superposition of the two hyperfine ground states is established. The medium is probed by an additional weak laser, which generates a four-wave mixing signal proportional to the ground state coherence and allows us to monitor its evolution in time. The experimental data are compared with numerical simulations.     

Dy3+掺杂NaYF4纳米粒子的制备及其上转换发光性质

制备了Dy³⁺掺杂 NaYF₄上转换发光纳米晶体,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、荧光(FL)光谱、红外光谱仪(FT-IR)对合成样品的结构、形貌和发光性能进行表征。探讨了稀土离子掺杂浓度和焙烧温度对NaYF₄∶Dy³⁺纳米晶的结构、形貌和发光的影响。在776 nm红外光下激发样品,出现479,574 nm上转换发射峰,实现了蓝、绿上转换发光。绿光来自于Dy³⁺的⁴F_9/2→⁶H_13/2跃迁,蓝光是由Dy³⁺的⁴F_9/2→ ⁶H_15/2跃迁产生的。     

Rb(5D_J)+H_2→RbH+H反应截面的测定

利用激光泵浦一吸收技术,研究了在样品池中(T=385 K,H2气压400 Pa)的Rb(5DJ)+H2→RbH+H[x1∑+(υ"=0)]+H光化学反应过程.双光子激发Rb-H2混合蒸气中Rb原子至52D态,荧光中除有泵浦能级发生的直接荧光外,还包含由精细结构碰撞转移产生的敏化荧光,RbH分子是由5D原子与H2间的三体碰撞反应产生的.利用852 nm激光扫描RbH X1∑+(υ"=0→υ'=17)吸收带,△I'和△I"分别表示泵浦5D3/2和5D5/2时的吸收光强.泵浦室温下的纯Rb蒸气至5D3/2或5D5/2态,由于在低密度下52D精细结构混合可略去,故由5D3/2→5P1/2与5D5/2→5P3/2的荧光比得到泵浦率比.解速率方程组,得到5D3/2→5D5/2和5D→5D以外态的碰撞转移截面分别是9.8×10-16和2.0×10-16cm2,Rb(5DJ)+H2→RbH+H的反应截面分别是5.4×10-17(J=3/2)和2.3×10-17cm2(J=5/2),5D3/2与H2的反应活动性大于5D5/2,这与其他实验结果是一致的.     

Rb（5PJ）＋Rb（5PJ）→Rb（5JS）＋Rb（nl=5D，7S）碰撞能量合并

研究了Rb(5PJ)+Rb(5PJ)→Rb(nlJ')+Rb(5S)碰撞能量合并过程,利用单模半导体激光器分别共振激发Rb原子的5P1/2或5P3/2态,利用另一与泵浦激光束反向平行的单模激光束作为吸收线探测激发态原子密度及其空间分布,吸收线分别调至5P1/2→5D3/2和5P3/2→7S1/2跃迁.由激发态原子密度和谱线荧光比得到碰撞能量合并过程的截面,对5P3/2激发,碰撞转移得到5D5/2,5D3/2和7S1/2的截面分别是(1.32士0.59)×10-14,(1.18士0.53)×10-14和(3.21士1.44)×10-15cm2;对5P1/2激发,碰撞转移到5D5/2和5D3/2的截面分别是(6.57士2.96)×10-15和(5.90士2.66)×10-15cm2.与其他的实验结果进行了比较.     

Observation of rubidium 5S1/2 --> 7S1/2 two-photon transitions with a diode laser

The 5S1/2 --> 7S1/2 two-photon transition of atomic rubidium, which is 100 times weaker than the 5S-5D transition, is observed with an extended-cavity diode laser and a vapor cell. Signals with a signal-to-noise ratio of 280 are obtained with a laser power of 10 mW, and the observed linewidth is 3 MHz. The laser wavelength is 760 nm and is locked on the transitions to a stability of 2 x 10(-11). For the first time to our knowledge, the isotope shift of this transition is measured to be 130(4) MHz in atomic frequency.     

87Rb D1线法拉第反常色散光学滤波

为了得到在高背景噪音下对弱信号光的提取,实验研究了基于⁸⁷Rb D₁线5S_1/2F=2→5P_1/2 F'=1跃迁的795 nm法拉第反常色散光学滤波器.充铷的样品池所含⁸⁷Rb的比例高于自然铷,样品池处在均匀的磁场中并且夹在两个相互正交的偏振片之间.入射的探测光通过样品池,与原子相互作用,由于法拉第旋转效应实现滤波功能.改变实验条件,透射结果随之明显变化.当温度从340 K升高到360 K,透射谱的变化情况被细致记录,并且分析了导致透射情况变化的原因.在适当的工作温度以及磁场条件下,得到线宽为约220 MHz的超窄带透射谱线,谱线透过率约为48%.⁸⁷Rb D₁线的实验结果优于⁸⁵Rb的吸收线.     

Absolute frequency determination of the 5P3/2-->7S1/2 transition in 87Rb

We report the absolute frequency of the important 5S(1/2)-->7S(1/2) two-photon transition in (87)Rb. We access the upper state using two dipole-allowed transitions via the intermediate 5P(3/2) state. This allows us to use much lower laser intensities compared to directly driving the two-photon transition, thereby avoiding potential errors due to the AC Stark shift. Collisional shifts are also minimized because the atomic density required is several orders of magnitude smaller. Our values are consistent with earlier frequency-comb measurements.     

Precise measurement of a weak radio frequency electric field using a resonant atomic probe

We present a precise measurement of a weak radio frequency electric field with a frequency of ■3 GHz employing a resonant atomic probe that is constituted with a Rydberg cascade three-level atom, including a cesium ground state |6S(1/2)〉,an excited state |6P(3/2)〉, and Rydberg state |nD(5/2)〉. Two radio frequency(RF) electric fields, noted as local and signal fields, couple the nearby Rydberg transition. The two-photon resonant Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency(Rydberg-EIT) is employed to directly read out the weak signal field having hundreds of k Hz difference between the local and signal fields that is encoded in the resonant microwave-dressed Rydberg atoms. The minimum detectable signal fields of ESmin= 1.36 ± 0.04 mV/m for 2.18 GHz coupling |68D(5/2)〉→ |69P(3/2)〉 transition and 1.33 ± 0.02 mV/m for 1.32 GHz coupling |80D(5/2)〉→ |81P(3/2)〉 transition are obtained, respectively. The bandwidth dependence is also investigated by varying the signal field frequency and corresponding -3 dB bandwidth of 3 MHz is attained. This method can be employed to perform a rapid and precise measurement of the weak electric field, which is important for the atom-based microwave metrology.