Coherent manipulation of atomic qubits in optical micropotentials

We experimentally demonstrate the coherent manipulation of atomic states in far-detuned dipole traps and registers of dipole traps based on two-dimensional arrays of microlenses. By applying Rabi, Ramsey, and spin-echo techniques, we systematically investigate the dephasing mechanisms and determine the coherence time. Simultaneous Ramsey measurements in up to 16 dipole traps are performed and prove the scalability of our approach. This represents an important step in the application of scalable registers of atomic qubits for quantum information processing. In addition, this system can serve as the basis for novel atomic clocks making use of the parallel operation of a large number of individual clocks each remaining separately addressable. PACS 03.67.Lx; 32.80.Pj; 42.50.-p     

超短脉冲激光在有机分子材料中的动力学过程研究

利用从头计算方法，在密度泛函理论上，计算了分子的电子结构和电偶极矩.通过求解麦克斯韦-布洛赫方程，研究了超短脉冲激光与硝基苯胺分子材料的相互作用，着重分析了分子的固有偶极矩对脉冲激光波形、频谱成分以及分子能级占有率产生的影响.研究结果表明，慢变幅近似和旋波近似不能很好地描述超短脉冲在PNA分子介质中传播.分子的固有偶极矩进一步使脉冲传播背离面积定理，引起了脉冲更快地分裂.当脉冲激光在PNA分子介质中以电荷转移态的激发能共振传播时，脉冲激光频谱中明显地出现了二次谐波成分，显示了该分子具有较强的双光子吸收性质. 关键词： 超短脉冲激光 硝基苯胺分子 麦克斯韦-布洛赫方程     

Laser-induced resonance shifts of single molecules self-coupled by a metallic surface

The spectral properties of single molecules placed near a metallic surface are investigated at low temperatures. Because of the high quality factor of the optical resonance, a laser-induced shift of the molecular lines is evidenced for the first time. The shift dependence on the laser excitation intensity and on the dephasing rate of the transition dipole is studied. A simple theoretical model of a laser-driven molecule self-coupled by a mirror is developed to qualitatively interpret the observations.     

Carrier--envelope phase effects for a dipolar molecule interacting with ultrashort laser pulse

In this paper the phase-dependent features of ultrashort laser pulse resonant propagation in a two-level dipolar molecule are demonstrated by solving full Maxwell--Bloch equations. The electronic properties of dipolar molecule 4-trans-[p-(N, N-Di-n-butylamino)-p -stilbenylvinyl] pyridine (DBASVP) molecule, one-dimensional asymmetric organic molecule, is calculated by density functional theory at \textit{ab initio} level. The numerical results show that the carrier propagation and the spectrum evolution of the pulse are sensitive to its initial phase and the phase sensitivity is more obvious for larger area pulse. The phase-dependent feature is more evident in dipolar molecule because the permanent dipole moment makes the nonlinear effects stronger.     

Echo spectroscopy and quantum stability of trapped atoms

We investigate the dephasing of ultra cold 85Rb atoms trapped in an optical dipole trap and prepared in a coherent superposition of their two hyperfine ground states by interaction with a microwave pulse. We demonstrate that the dephasing, measured as the Ramsey fringe contrast, can be reversed by stimulating a coherence echo with a pi pulse between the two pi / 2 pulses, in analogy to the photon echo. We also demonstrate that "echo spectroscopy" can be used to study the quantum dynamics in the trap even when more than 10(6) states are thermally populated and to study the crossover from quantum to classical dynamics.     

Composite coherence vortices and their propagation in free space

Taking Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) background vortex beams as an example of partially coherent vortex beams, the composite coherence vortices resulting from the superposition of the cross-spectral density function of two parallel, noncollinear partially coherent vortex beams and their propagation in free space are studied, and the main attention is paid to the effect of relative off-axis distance, coherence parameter and propagation distance on the composite coherence vortices. The number and location of composite coherence vortices vary by changing the relative off-axis distance, coherence parameter or propagation distance. In the coherent limit, the composite coherence vortex becomes the composite optical vortex.     

分子环境变化对振动退相时间影响的实验研究

物质分子振动退相时间测量是一种非标记无损分子检测方法, 用超连续谱时间分辨相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射方法可同时获得分子振动谱和退相时间. 实验以苯甲腈和甲醇为样品, 研究当分子环境变化时, 其主要振动谱的振动退相时间变化情况. 将苯甲腈与无水乙醇混合, 测量了苯甲腈分子1017, 2247和3085 cm^-1三个典型分子振动的退相时间随环境变化的规律, 并得到了变化后的振动退相时间. 测量了甲醇分子2851, 2960 cm^-1两个相邻分子振动的退相时间随环境的变化情况, 给出实验变化规律. 这种方法具有检测分子所处环境变化和分子相互作用的能力, 在生命科学、分子生物学和材料科学等研究领域中具有重要的应用前景.     

里德伯电磁感应透明中的相位

本文在典型的里德伯电磁感应透明系统中研究弱探测场在相互作用原子系统中的传播特性,重点关注基于偶极阻塞效应的探测场相位的合作光学非线性行为.通过与探测场透射率和光子关联作对比,发现相位的光学响应具有新特性:共振和Autler-Townes劈裂条件下相位对入射场强和初始光子关联不敏感,而在两者之间的频率范围内相位响应具有非线性特征,尤其在经典光频率处最显著.此外,提高主量子数和原子密度都会促进相位的非线性效应.综上,与探测场透射率和光子关联一样,相位可以作为合作光学非线性的另一个标识来刻画非线性现象,对里德伯电磁感应透明研究是一个有力的补充.     

超短脉冲激光在DBASVP分子中传播时的双光子面积演化和光限幅效应

以一维不对称π共轭分子体系（DBASVP分子）为介质,在双光子共振条件下,从双光子面积定理和严格数值求解Maxwell-Bloch方程两方面出发,分别研究超短脉冲激光在该有机分子介质中的传播过程,从而探讨双光子面积的演化规律,并分析双光子面积定理的适用性.提出了一种数值模拟分子介质光限幅特性的理论方法.分子的电子结构和电偶极矩是基于密度泛函理论利用从头计算方法得到的.研究结果表明,基于慢变幅和慢变相近似以及单模场条件下的双光子面积定理不能很好地描述超短脉冲的双光子面积在该分子介质中的演化规律.基于双光子吸收的分子光限幅特性与分子介质的厚度有关. 关键词： 双光子吸收 光限幅效应 双光子面积定理 超短脉冲激光     

Resonant propagation of femtosecond laser pulse in DBASVP molecule：one-dimensional asymmetric organic molecule

We have investigated the resonant propagation of femtosecond laser pulse in 4-trans-[p-（N, N-Di-n-butylamino）- p-stilbenyl vinyl] pyridine medium with permanent dipole moments. The electronic structures and parameters for the compound have been calculated by using density functional theory. In the optical regime, there is one charge-transfer state, and the molecule can thus be simplified as a two-level system. Both the one- and two-photon transitions occur between the ground and charge-transfer states. The numerical results show that the permanent dipole moments have an obvious effect on the propagation of the ultrashort pulse laser. The ideal self-induced transparency disappears for 2π pulse, and second harmonic spectral components occur significantly due to the two-photon absorption process. For the 6π pulse, continuum frequency generation is produced and a shorter duration pulse in time domain with 465 as is obtained.     

Temperature measurements in reacting flows by time-resolved femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs-CARS) spectroscopy

Time-resolved femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs-CARS) spectroscopy of the nitrogen molecule is used for the measurement of temperature in atmospheric-pressure, near-adiabatic, hydrogen-air diffusion flames. The initial frequency-spread dephasing rate of the Raman coherence induced by the ultrafast (∼85 fs) Stokes and pump beams is used as a measure of gas-phase temperature. This initial frequency-spread dephasing rate of the Raman coherence is completely independent of collisions and depends only on the frequency spread of the Raman transitions at different temperatures. A simple theoretical model based on the assumption of impulsive excitation of Raman coherence is used to extract temperatures from time-resolved fs-CARS experimental signals. The extracted temperatures from fs-CARS signals are in excellent agreement with the theoretical temperatures calculated from an adiabatic equilibrium calculation. The estimated absolute accuracy and the precision of the measurement technique are found to be ±40 K and ±50 K, respectively, over the temperature range 1500-2500 K.     

Neutral atom quantum register

We demonstrate the realization of a quantum register using a string of single neutral atoms which are trapped in an optical dipole trap. The atoms are selectively and coherently manipulated in a magnetic field gradient using microwave radiation. Our addressing scheme operates with a high spatial resolution, and qubit rotations on individual atoms are performed with 99% contrast. In a final readout operation we analyze each individual atomic state. Finally, we have measured the coherence time and identified the predominant dephasing mechanism for our register.     

Three-dimensional generalization of the Van Cittert-Zernike theorem to wave and particle scattering

Coherence properties of primary partially coherent radiations (light, X-rays and particles) elastically scattered from a 3D object consisting of a collection of electrons and nuclei are analyzed in the Fresnel diffraction region and in the far field. The behaviour of the cross-spectral density of the scattered radiation transverse and along to the local direction of propagation is shown to be described by respectively the 3D Fourier and Fresnel transform of the generalized radiance function of a scattering secondary source associated with the object. A relativistic correct expression is derived for the mutual coherence function of radiation which takes account of the dispersive propagation of particle beams in vacuum. An effect of the spatial coherence of radiation on the temporal one is found; in the Fresnel diffraction region, in distinction to the field, both the longitudinal spatial coherence and the spectral width of radiation affect the longitudinal coherence. A solution of the 3D inverse scattering problem for partially coherent radiation is presented. It is shown that squared modulus of the scattering potential and its 2D projections can be reconstructed from measurements of the modulus and phase of the degree of transverse spatial coherence of the scattered radiation. The results provide a theoretical basis for new methods of image formation and structure analysis in X-ray, electron, ion, and neutron optics.     

Transition Dipole,Charge Transfer,and Electron-hole Coherence in Two-photon Absorption: Visualizations with Two Dimensional Site and Three Dimensional Cube Representations

采用二维和三维实空间分析方法可视化了双光子吸收特征,包括跃迁距、电荷转移和电子空穴相干性. 跃迁密度的三维实空间分析揭示了跃迁距的强度和方向,电荷差异密度显示双光子吸收过程中的电荷转移方向. 跃迁密度矩阵的二维实空间分析可视化了电子和空穴的相干性. 二维和三维实空间分析有助于清晰地理解双光子吸收的电荷转移过程和激发的分子单元对双光子吸收的贡献.     

Effective dipolar couplings determined by dipolar dephasing of double-quantum coherences

It is shown how homonuclear distances and homonuclear dipolar lattice sums between spin-1/2 nuclei can be measured by a pulsed solid-state NMR experiment under magic-angle spinning conditions. The presented technique is based on double-quantum coherence filtering. Instead of measuring a build-up of double-quantum coherence the pulse sequence is designed to dephase double-quantum coherence. This is achieved by exciting double-quantum coherence either with the help of the through-space dipolar coupling or the through-bond dipolar coupling while the dephasing relies on the through-space dipolar coupling as selected by a gamma-encoded pulse sequence from the C/R symmetry class. Since dephasing curves can be normalized on zero dephasing, it is possible to analyze the initial dephasing regime and hence determine dipolar lattice sums (effective dipolar couplings) in multiple-spin systems. A formula for the effective dipolar coupling is derived theoretically and validated by numerical calculations and experiments on crystalline model compounds for (13)C and (31)P spin systems. The double-quantum dephasing experiment can be combined with constant-time data sampling to compensate for relaxation effects, consequently only two experimental data points are necessary for a single distance measurement. The phase cycling overhead for the constant-time experiment is minimal because a short cogwheel phase cycle exists. A 2D implementation is demonstrated on [(13)C(3)]alanine.     

Nonlocal advantage of quantum coherence in a dephasing channel with memory

We investigate nonlocal advantage of quantum coherence(NAQC)in a correlated dephasing channel modeled by themultimode bosonic reservoir.We obtain analytically the dephasing and memory factors of this channel for the reservoirhaving a Lorentzian spectral density,and analyze how they affect the NAQC defined by the l1 norm and relative entropy.It is shown that the memory effects of this channel on NAQC are state-dependent,and they suppress noticeably the rapiddecay of NAQC for the family of input Bell-like states with one excitation.For the given transmission time of each qubit,we also obtain the regions of the dephasing and memory factors during which there is NAQC in the output states.     

Wavelength-tunable ultrashort-pulse output of a photonic-crystal fiber designed to resolve ultrafast molecular dynamics

Wavelength-tunable 100 fs pulses generated through the soliton self-frequency shift in a photonic-crystal fiber are employed to visualize femtosecond coherence and population relaxation dynamics in molecular aggregates by means of time-resolved sum-frequency generation. This technique reveals an ultrafast dephasing of coherent molecular excitations with a phase relaxation time of about 120 fs and resolves an ultrafast switching of the nonlinear-optical response of molecular aggregates.     

Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt

We have prepared and detected quantum coherences of trapped cesium atoms with long dephasing times. Controlled transport by an "optical conveyor belt" over macroscopic distances preserves the atomic coherence with slight reduction of coherence time. The limiting dephasing effects are experimentally identified, and we present an analytical model of the reversible and irreversible dephasing mechanisms. Our experimental methods are applicable at the single-atom level. Coherent quantum bit operations along with quantum state transport open the route towards a "quantum shift register" of individual neutral atoms.     

Time-delayed laser scattering in a multi-level atom with Raman resonance

A general theory of time-delayed coherent scattering in an atomic medium is presented. Two short laser pulses are incident on the atom initially, followed by a third laser at a later time. Detailed time dependent expressions for the atomic coherence and the third order dipole matrix elements are obtained. We have included the effects of excited level population, phase matching, single and two-photon resonances, and atomic relaxation and dephasing. Detailed discussions are given for the case where the first two lasers are in a Raman resonance withthe atomic system. Some useful features of this type of scattering, for example, background elimination, are also pointed out.     

Thermoelectric Properties of Single Molecule Junction in Presence of Dephasing and Different Coupling Geometries

The thermoelectric properties of a benzene molecule coupled to three-dimensional metallic electrodes are examined in the presence of dephasing processes using Green function formalism in the linear response regime. The three different kind of configurations(ortho, meta and para) are taken into account for the coupling between the molecule and electrodes. Results show that the thermoelectric properties of the single molecular junction are strongly dependent on the coupling geometry. Our results predict that the thermoelectric efficiency is increased in specific geometry as a consequence of interference effects. It is found that the dephasing effects result in the reduction of the thermoelectric efficiency.