电介质或导体表面吸附原子的共振光现象

本文借助于线性响应理论方法求得固体表面附近原子的光学布洛赫(Bloch)方程。借助于光学布洛赫方程和量子回归定理,求得了吸附原子的共振荧光谱。通过对该谱的数值分析可得出下述结论:固体表面的存在将对光谱中峰的高度以及两个边带的位置产生明显的影响。当被吸附的原子非常接近固体表面时,两个边带会向两侧移动,其中一个几乎消失,同时各个峰的高度也会大幅度降低。     

The first observation of electron spin polarization in the excited triplet states caused by the triplet-triplet annihilation

The spin polarization of excited triplet states caused by mutual annihilation of triplet states was detected by time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of triplet excitons in two molecular crystals, anthracene-tetracyanobenzene and phenazine-tetracyanoquinodimenthane. The time profile of the two EPR lines of the triplet exciton spectrum have been studied in the time range up to 200 μs after a laser pulse. Besides the initial polarization of the lines, due to intersystem crossing, a long-lasting polarization process is detected which is attributed to the triplet-triplet annihilation. The investigation of the dependence of the phenomenon on the intensity of the light pulse and on the orientation of the crystals in the magnetic field is presented.     

Optimal sideband-squeezing in the resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom

The quantum fluctuation spectra of phase quadratures of the fluorescent light from a coherently driven two-level atom damping in a common vacuum is investigated. We find that by optimally choosing the Rabi frequency of the driving field, detuning between the atom and the driving field, and phase of the local oscillator the strong sideband squeezing in the spectrum of the optimal phase quadrature can be created and the degree of squeezing in the sidebands can reach about 56%.     

Cooperative two-photon resonance fluorescence of a three-level atom

We have calculated the Green function describing the physical process where a three level atom interacts with a strong pump field as well as with a weak perturbing signal field in the limit of high photon densities. The theory is then used to describe the cooperative two-photon resonance fluorescence which occurs when the sum of the two atomic transition frequencies is nearly twice the frequency of the pump field. Our atomic system is equivalent to a two-level atom when the degeneracy of the ground state is removed by a Stark field. The excitation spectrum has been found to consist of new bands and sidebands which exist only in the presence of the Stark field. The resonance process which occurs when the Stark splitting is in the neighbourhood of the energy shift induced by the laser field has been discussed in detail.     

Resonance fluorescence statistics of a two-level atom in feedback loop

Statistics of photoemission events into the components of a triplet of resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom in a classical optical field, the phase of which changes by π upon the detection of spontaneous photon, is compared with the case when the feedback is absent. In contrast to the known problem on the statistics of resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom, a grouping of photocounts should be observed in each separate side component of the triplet. Anticorrelation of photoemission into side components is also predicted, and the type of correlations between the emission into the central component of the triplet and into any of the side ones can be controlled by varying the detuning of the radiation frequency from the resonant value.     

Modification of the resonance fluorescence spectrum of a two-level atom in the near field of a plasmonic nanoparticle

The resonance fluorescence spectrum of an atom located in the near field of a plasmonic nanoparticle is considered. It is shown that, as the atom gets close to the nanoparticle, the high-frequency peak of the Mollow triplet disappears and the spectrum has a Fano resonance shape. The low-frequency peak also disappears as the distance between the atom and the nanoparticle decreases further. For small distances, when the atom interacts with the nanoparticle much more strongly than with the external field, the spectrum represents a Lorentzian line whose width is proportional to the square of the atom-nanoparticle coupling constant.     

Two-photon resonance fluorescence

The excitation spectrum of a two-level atom interacting with a strong electromagnetic field is considered when the atomic transition frequency is nearly twice the frequency of the laser field. The spectral function consists of four Lorentzian lines describing: the central line peaked near the two-photon resonance, two sidebands peaked at the high and low frequency regions respectively and the one-photon frequency mode. In the limit of high photon densities, the low frequency photon mode is induced by the pump field which removes the singularity occurring at the two-photon resonance frequency.     

Effect of four-photon interactions on coherent population trapping in Λ-systems

The resonance fluorescence spectrum of a Λ-system excited by two resonant light fields is calculated using a Markov analysis. Analytical formulas are derived in the strong-field limit within and beyond the rotating wave approximation. It is shown that the resonance fluorescence of the system does not vanish during coherent population trapping. Its spectrum consists of two multiplets which are similar to a triplet in the resonance fluorescence spectrum of a two-level atom and lie at the electronic transition frequencies, together with two triplets located at the frequencies of four-photon processes involving the optical excitation fields. The latter are fundamental in character and impose limits on the lower bound of the dephasing rate for the Raman resonance owing to the effect of radiative decay of the dipole transitions on the dynamics of the ground state. The effect of four-photon dephasing on the absorption spectrum of a Λ-system is analyzed and found to lead to a substantial reduction in the depth of a dip in the absorption spectrum which vanishes as the laser field strength is increased. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 144–167 (January 1998)     

Sideband structure spontaneous spectrum without the rotating wave approximation

The effects of the non-rotating wave approximation (non-RWA) on the spontaneous emission of a V-type three-level atom are studied, where the excited states are coupled to a common ground state by a weak laser field and the upper-level doublet is driven by a strong microwave field. When the non-RWA is applied to the interaction of the atom with the microwave field, for some values of the parameters involved, the spontaneous emission spectrum is comprised of a central peak and a series of sidebands with a constant spacing of the microwave frequency, and the central peak and/or sidebands can be split into two components. The physical interpretation of the spectral characteristics is given in light of the dressed states.     

腔场耦合的二能级原子荧光谱

过光与物质相互作用的主方程计算了强场激励的二能级原子与单模腔耦合的稳态荧光谱。在腔场的强耦合作用下,三峰Mollow谱的每个成分都分裂为多重的,这种现象由腔场使原子修饰态能级漂移而导致的,荧光谱的具体结构则依赖于驱动场的拉比频率和原子-腔的耦合系数。     

Resonance fluorescence spectrum of two atoms,coherently driven by a strong resonant laser field

In Lehmberg's approach, we consider the resonance fluorescence spectrum of two radiatively interacting atoms. In the strong field limit we have obtained analytical solutions for the spectrum of the symmetric and antisymmetric modes without decoupling approximation. Our solutions are valid for all values of the distance r₁₂ separating the atoms. The spectrum of the symmetric modes contains additional sidebands in 2Ω (Ω is the Rabi frequency) with amplitude dependent on (a/Ω)², where a is a parameter dependent on r₁₂. The antisymmetric part of the spectrum has no additional sidebands in 2Ω. For small distances r₁₂ (a=1) our results for the symmetric modes are identical with those of Agarwal et al. apart from the so-called scaling factor. For large distances r₁₂ (a=0) the spectra of the symmetric and antisymmetric modes are identical with the well-known one-atom spectrum.     

One- and two-photon resonance fluorescence of a three-level atom at high photon densities

We consider the possible physical processes that may arise in a three-level atom when only two of its levels interact with a strong electromagnetic field and when the atomic transition frequency is nearly equal to once and twice the frequency of the laser field, respectively. There have been found pronounced cooperative effects in the spectrum of the two-level system, which is in resonance with the laser field, arising from the presence of the third level. The excitation spectra describing the transitions from the first excited state into the second excited state and from that to the ground state consist, apart from the two central peaks, of two pairs of sidebands which are induced by the laser field of the neighbouring system. Detailed expressions of the spectral functions for the physical processes of one- and two-photon resonance fluorescence have been derived and discussed in the limit of high photon densities. The excitation spectrum of the low frequency modes has been considered and discussed in detail. It is found that quantum beats in spontaneous emission may appear in the spectra of the one- and two-photon resonance fluorescence arising from the interference between the two atomic transition frequencies and the frequency of the laser field. The importance of the low frequency modes that occur in the processes in question has been pointed out.     

Peculiarities of resonance fluorescence statistics for a two‐level atom in frequency selective feedback loop

A theoretical analysis of the resonance fluorescence of a two‐level atom in a classical monochromatic field with feedback phase switching depending on the fluorescence triplet component which the last spontaneously emitted photon belongs to is presented. The considered feedback loop is a hybrid quantum‐classical system. Statistics of photoemissions into the triplet components is investigated as well as correlations between the components. In contrast to the well‐known resonance fluorescence of a two‐level atom without feedback phase switching, a bunching of photocounts is predicted in each side‐band, and successive photoemissions into different side‐bands manifest antibunching. The type of the statistics can efficiently be controlled by the frequency detuning of the external field. In many points the considered feedback scheme provides drastically different statistical features of fluorescence when compared with the scheme of frequency‐unselective feedback phase switching.

     

Sideband evolution from spontaneous into amplified emission in a free electron laser

A theoretical study of the evolution of sidebands, originating from large-scale (nonlinear) oscillations in the electron dynamics, is reported for a combined wiggler and guide field system operating near magnetoresonance. These sidebands, already existent in the spectrum of spontaneous emission, are followed up through small signal gain computations, and are finally recovered in the simulations of the nonlinear saturation process. A comparison with a radiation spectrum of an experiment done at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) shows good agreement. This indicates that the sidebands, observed in the experiment at saturation power level, are essentially due to the specific structure of the spectrum of spontaneous emission.     

Spin dynamics of magnetic resonance with parametric modulation in a potassium vapor cell

A typical magnetic-resonance scheme employs a static bias magnetic field and an orthogonal driving magnetic field oscillating at the Larmor frequency, at which the atomic polarization precesses around the static magnetic field. Here we demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally the variations of the resonance condition and the spin precession dynamics resulting from the parametric modulation of the bias field. We show that the driving magnetic field with the frequency detuned by different harmonics of the parametric modulation frequency can lead to resonance as well. Also, a series of frequency sidebands centered at the driving frequency and spaced by the parametric modulation frequency can be observed in the precession of the atomic polarization. We further show that the resonant amplitudes of the sidebands can be controlled by varying the ratio between the amplitude and the frequency of the parametric modulation. These effects could be used in different atomic magnetometry applications.     

Extra revivals in cooperative atomic inversion in a cavity

We investigate collective and quantum properties of the atomic inversion of A two-level atoms interacting with a strong quantum field of a single-mode loss-free cavity. The dynamics consists of A fast scales of Rabi oscillations, each featuring collapses and revivals. The first revival of the second quasiharmonic scale can be observed with large cooperativity, demonstrating altogether the existence of the extra sidebands of the resonance fluorescence spectrum. There are also A slow cooperative scales which form the slow envelope of the inversion, which for large cooperativity can split the revivals. For the case of half excited initial atomic state the energy exchange between the field and atomic system is strongly suppressed, and there is an average energy loss by the atoms.     

Lineshape asymmetry for joint coherent population trapping and three-photon N resonances

We show that a characteristic two-photon lineshape asymmetry arises in coherent population trapping (CPT) and three-photon (N) resonances, because both resonances are simultaneously induced by modulation sidebands in the interrogating laser light. The N resonance is a three-photon resonance in which a two-photon Raman excitation is combined with a resonant optical pumping field. This joint CPT and N resonance can be the dominant source of lineshape distortion, with direct relevance for the operation of miniaturized atomic frequency standards. We present the results of both an experimental study and theoretical treatment of the asymmetry of the joint CPT and N resonance under conditions typical to the operation of an N resonance clock.     

The continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance experiment revisited

When the modulation frequency used in continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (cw EPR) spectroscopy exceeds the linewidth, modulation sidebands appear in the spectrum. It is shown theoretically and experimentally that these sidebands are actually multiple photon transitions, sigma(+)+kxpi, where one microwave (mw) sigma(+) photon is absorbed from the mw radiation field and an arbitrary number k of radio frequency (rf) pi photons are absorbed from or emitted to the modulation rf field. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that both the derivative shape of the lines in standard cw EPR spectra and the distortions due to overmodulation are caused by the unresolved sideband pattern of these lines. The single-photon transition does not even give a contribution to the first-harmonic cw EPR signal. Multiple photon transitions are described semiclassically in a toggling frame and their existence is proven using second quantization. With the toggling frame approach and perturbation theory an effective Hamiltonian for an arbitrary sideband transition is derived. Based on the effective Hamiltonians an expression for the steady-state density operator in the singly rotating frame is derived, completely describing all sidebands in all modulation frequency harmonics of the cw EPR signal. The relative intensities of the sidebands are found to depend in a very sensitive way on the actual rf amplitude and the saturation of single sidebands is shown to depend strongly on the effective field amplitude of the multiple photon transitions. By comparison with the analogous solutions for frequency-modulation EPR it is shown that the field-modulation and the frequency-modulation technique are not equivalent. The experimental data fully verify the theoretical predictions with respect to intensities and lineshapes.     

Cooperative effects in the two atom resonance fluorescence spectrum

We consider the resonance fluorescence spectrum of two similar interacting atoms in the limit of high photon densities. The excitation spectrum of the symmetric modes contains two sidebands in addition to the usual three peaks which are analogous to those of the isolated atom. These two new sidebands are due entirely to the cooperative behaviour of the two atoms and vanish when the atoms are far apart. The energy shifts and spectral widths for these two sidebands are two and five times larger than those for the isolated atom respectively. The probability of occurrence of these sidebands depends on the parameters V_AB/Ω and γ²₀/Ω², where V_AB is the dipole-dipole interaction energy, γ₀ is the spontaneous emission probability and Ω is the Rabi frequency. The asymmetric broadening of both sidebands depends on the parameter γ₀/Ω. The possibility to measure the dipole-dipole energy through the observation of these sidebands is discussed.     

Mössbauer study of r.f. collapse in permalloy

The fast relaxation of hyperfine magnetic field forced by external r.f. field was studied for permalloy foils. The application of r.f. field caused a complete collapse of the six line Mössbauer spectrum to a single line. This effect was studied as a function of r.f. field intensity. Appearance of r.f. sidebands in collapse spectrum was observed.