一维原子晶格中基于电磁感应透明的可调控光子带隙

利用电磁感应透明技术,在一维光晶格中相干驱动四能级N模型冷原子,实现动力学可调谐电磁感应光子带隙结构.在该原子系统中,光晶格中的原子密度呈高斯分布,使整个介质的密度在空间上呈周期性分布,导致探测场的折射率被空间调制,从而产生带隙结构.理论计算表明:基于两强耦合场的双暗态共振作用,探测场的吸收谱出现两个透明窗口;当满足Bragg条件时,探测场的三个不同频率区域内光子态密度减小,形成光子带隙结构.另外,改变两个耦合场的强度和失谐可以有效地调控光子带隙的宽度和位置.     

五能级87Rb原子系统中相干诱导的可调谐三光子带隙

研究了一个由两个同向驻波场和一个微波场相干驱动的五能级87 Rb原子系统,并在探测场共振频率处实现了可调谐三光子带隙。利用激光场与多能级原子系综相互作用的密度矩阵方程,结合光脉冲在具有空间周期性介质中的相干传输矩阵理论,推导出了描述相干原子系统稳态条件下的反射谱和透射谱。由数值模拟发现,通过改变驱动场的失谐和拉比频率可以动力学地调控光子带隙的位置和宽度,而且这种相干诱导三光子带隙能够同时操控三个不同中心频率光脉冲的传播。     

电磁感应双光子带隙的产生和控制

基于电磁感应透明技术, 通过求解原子的密度矩阵方程和电磁场的传输矩阵方程, 研究了被行波场和驻波场共同耦合的一个四能级冷原子介质的稳态光学特性, 发现在特定参数下能够产生一个几乎完美的双光子带隙结构, 在这两个光子带隙对应的频率区域内反射率都均匀地超过95%. 通过改变耦合场的强度和频率, 可以方便地调节这两个光子带隙的位置和宽度. 这一双光子带隙结构可用来实现全光路由和全光开关, 有望在全光信息网络中获得应用.     

基于自发辐射相干效应的可调光子带隙反射率的提高方法

光子带隙是指某一频率范围的波不能在周期变化的空间介质中传播,即这种结构本身存在“禁带”,并已成功地应用于滤波器、放大器和混频器等器件的设计中.此前,许多专家都致力于提高带隙的反射率,但其只能逐渐接近1.本文在囚禁于一维光晶格中的冷原子介质中实现两个可调光子带隙,并通过选择两基态为精细结构的三能级∧型原子系统,考虑自发辐射相干效应来探究这两个带隙的反射率.适当调节参数,探测场出现增益,从而获得较高反射率的带隙结构,甚至可以超过1.此外,两个带隙反射率还可以通过调节偶极矩之间的夹角以及非相干驱动场强度等参数来操控.     

三维光学晶格中铯原子的装载与冷却

建立了四光束的三维光学晶格势场,在铯原子磁光阱和光学粘团的基础上实现了红失谐三维光学晶格中冷原子的装载.借助于短程飞行时间吸收谱测量冷原子温度,通过改变光学晶格的总光强和频率失谐等条件,对光学晶格中铯原子的亚多普勒冷却以及光学晶格中冷原子的寿命进行了研究. 关键词： 光学晶格 磁光阱 光学粘团 冷原子     

原子晶格中基于自发辐射相干效应的光子带隙

利用电磁感应透明技术,在一维光晶格中相干驱动四能级Lambda模型冷原子系统,从而实现动力学可调谐电磁感应光子带隙结构。基于两邻近能级间的自发辐射相干(SGC)效应,通过控制耦合场从远共振到共振,使该原子系统实现从两个光子带隙转变为三个光子带隙的动态过程。当自发辐射相干效应不存在时,在探测场共振区域处探测光子被原子系统强烈吸收,因此感应光子带隙严重形变甚至无法形成。通过数值计算证明光子带隙结构的形成源自于自发辐射相干效应下探测场和耦合场之间的三阶交叉克尔(Kerr)非线性调制,并且通过控制耦合场的耦合方式,可以实现系统从两个光子带隙到三个光子带隙的动力学调控。     

含色散介质的一维光子晶体微腔中简正耦合模的物理图像

对一维光子晶体中的色散介质采用洛伦兹振子模型,对线性层及色散δ层均采用传输矩阵的方法,研究了一维含色散介质的光子晶体微腔中的简正耦合模.通过改变洛伦兹振子和微腔之间的失谐频率,分析了简正耦合模频率的变化情况.在失谐频率比较大时,光与洛仑兹振子间的耦合作用较小,简正耦合模中的一个接近腔模频率,而另一个则接近洛仑兹振子的共振频率;在失谐频率比较小时,光与洛仑兹振子间的耦合作用较大,简正耦合模与未耦合的腔模频率和洛仑兹振子的共振频率之间的差别较为明显.最后通过引进该结构的复有效折射率,对含色散介质的系统,由于带隙中间的共振模被湮灭并分裂为左右两个耦合模,其复有效折射率虚部在原共振峰处跃变为一较大值,而在新生成的两个耦合模附近趋近于零,光与色散介质相互耦合而形成的腔极化激元的物理图像十分清晰.     

二维电磁感应光子带隙的动态生成与调控

研究了由两个垂直传播的强驻波激光场共同耦合的一个四能级Tripod型冷⁸⁷Rb原子介质的稳态光学响应特性. 结果发现, 当两驻波场满足双光失谐条件时, 可在这两驻波场的传播方向上同时获得反射率高达95%以上的电磁感应光子带隙结构; 通过适当调节强激光场, 还可实现一个方向为光子带隙而另一个方向为透明窗口或者两个方向均为透明窗口的结构. 并且光子带隙和透明窗口的频宽和位置是可调谐的. 这种全光控制的二维的信号光禁闭和导通机制可用于实现全光开关和全光路由, 有利于复杂的全光通讯网络的开发. 关键词： 相干诱导光子带隙 电磁感应透明 周期调制原子相干     

腔诱导的冷原子在一维准周期性光晶格中的布洛赫振荡

本文研究了超冷原子与光腔的耦合系统。一团无相互作用的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体囚禁在法布里-珀罗光学谐振腔中,其中两束频率不同的驻波激光场被激发,形成了一个准周期性光晶格。同时,原子受到一个恒定外力作用,外力由原子本身重力提供。本文重点研究了腔场调控下的一维准周期性晶格中的腔动力学和原子动力学。采用平均场理论、绝热近似、襞裂算符等方法,对上述系统进行了数值模拟。结果显示,频率不同的两种晶格的叠加,使势阱的周期性得到破坏,腔和原子的动力学特征均显示出周期性被破坏的现象。此外,我们还从晶格能带的角度进行了分析和解释。原子质心运动与腔驻波场的耦合,使腔内探测光受到影响,这为探测原子动力学提供了有效途径。     

用传输矩阵法研究微波波段准一维同轴光子晶体能隙结构

用SMA型同轴标准接头组成具有准一维晶格结构的光子晶体，测试结果表明具有明显的光子带隙结构.利用传输线等效模型和布洛赫周期性边界条件模拟分析也表明同轴准一维光子晶体具有能隙结构，理论计算结果与实验结果能很好吻合. 关键词： 光子晶体 同轴 能隙结构 传输矩阵     

Novel applications of one-dimensional photonic crystal in optical buffering and optical time division multiplexing

Novel applications of one-dimensional photonic crystal in optical buffering and optical time division multiplexing are suggested. These one-dimensional photonic crystal optical buffers can store data packets temporarily for a certain period of time, which depend on the lattice parameters. By changing the lattice parameters the data hold time can be changed in a desired way. This type of optical buffer finds potential application in contention resolution in optical switch of a router, in a packet-switched optical network and in design of novel optical time division multiplexers (OTDM).     

Si-based two-dimensional photonic crystals coupled to one-dimensional Bragg mirrors

Planar two-dimensional photonic crystals can be combined with a one-dimensional Bragg mirror to control the quality factor and out-of-plane coupling of optical Bloch modes. We have investigated the optical properties of such structures fabricated on silicon. The photonic crystals are fabricated in the upper Si layer deposited on top of quarter-wave thick SiO₂-polycrystalline Si layers. The optical properties are probed by the room-temperature photoluminescence of Ge/Si self-assembled islands as an internal source. We show that an enhancement of the quality factor can be obtained by controlling the thickness of the silicon upper layer in which the two-dimensional photonic crystal is etched and by controlling the air filling factor of the photonic crystal. Quality factors of 2200 around 1100 nm are obtained by this method for defect-free photonic crystals with a square lattice pattern. The experimental results are supported by three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations of the radiated modes for the investigated structures.     

Purcell effect in one-dimensional photonic quasicrystals

The change in probability of spontaneous emission for emitter placed in one-dimensional photonic quasicrystal (optical Fibonacci lattice) was examined. When the dipole is placed in Fibonacci lattice two different scenarios can be expected: enhancing (if frequency and direction of the dipole emission correspond to optical eigenmode of structure, and position corresponds to maximum value of modes electric field profile) or suppression (in case of photonic band gap) of spontaneous emission rate. Fact that both effects are expressed in quasicrystals less than in the Bragg reflectors and in the microcavities was demonstrated.     

Photonic nanojets as three-dimensional optical atom traps: A theoretical study

We show that an efficient three-dimensional optical atom trap can be achieved by light scattered off a dielectric microsphere. Namely, under suitable conditions, a plane wave incident on a polymer sphere produces a focal point in the forward scattering direction known as photonic nanojet. The photonic nanojet is formed at a distance of a few micrometers away from the surface of the sphere wherein the Casimir–Polder interaction felt by an atom is negligible compared to the optical and gravitational potentials. When many polymer spheres are brought together so as to form a linear chain, a one-dimensional periodic optical lattice filled with cold atoms is possible since interference between the incident and scattered beams is minimal when the spheres are not too close.     

Light diffraction features in an ordered monolayer of spheres

The structure and optical diffraction properties of monolayers of monodisperse spheres crystallized on transparent dielectric substrates are studied. Two types of diffraction phenomena are considered: surface light diffraction on the lattice of spheres and waveguide resonances in the monolayer plane. For experimental study of these phenomena, optical retroreflection and transmission spectra are measured as functions of the light incidence angle and azimuthal orientation of the incidence plane. The monolayer structures determined by scanning electron microscopy and light diffraction methods are in quantitative agreement. It is concluded that one-dimensional Fraunhofer diffraction is applicable to describe surface diffraction in the hexagonal lattice of spheres. In the case of oblique light incidence, anisotropy of diffraction and transmission spectra depending on the light incidence plane orientation with respect to the sphere lattice and linear polarization of incident light is detected. Waveguide resonances of the planar two-dimensional photonic crystal are approximated within the light diffraction model in the “empty” hexagonal lattice. The best approximation of the waveguide resonance dispersion is achieved using the effective refractive index, depending on the wavelength. Surface diffraction suppression by waveguide resonances of the photonic crystal is demonstrated. Surface diffraction orders are identified as diffraction at singular points of the Brillouin zone of the planar twodimensional photonic crystal.     

Photonic Bloch oscillations of correlated particles

A photonic realization of Bloch oscillations (BOs) of two correlated electrons that move on a one-dimensional periodic lattice, based on spatial light transport in a square waveguide array with a defect line, is theoretically proposed. The signature of correlated BOs, such as frequency doubling of the oscillation frequency induced by particle interaction, can be simply visualized by monitoring the spatial path followed by an optical beam that excites the array near the defect line.     

Controllable Photonic Band Gap and Defect Mode in a 1D CO2-Laser Optical Lattice

We propose a new method to form a novel controfiable photonic crystal with cold atoms and study the photonic band gap （PBG） of an infinite 1D CO2-laser optical lattice of SSRb atoms under the condition of quantum coherence. A significant gap generated near the resonant frequency of the atom is founded and its dependence on physical parameters is also discussed. Using the eigenquation of defect mode, we calculate the defect mode when a defect is introduced into such a lattice. Our study shows that the proposed new method can be used to optically probe optical lattice in situ and to design some novel and controllable photonic crystals.     

Optical properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals obtained by micromatchining silicon (a review)

The theoretical and experimental investigations of photonic band gaps in one-dimensional photonic crystals created by micromatchining silicon, which have been performed by the author as part of his doctoral dissertation, are presented. The most important result of the work is the development of a method of modeling photonic crystals based on photonic band gap maps plotted in structure–property coordinates, which can be used with any optical materials and in any region of electromagnetic radiation, and also for nonperiodic structures. This method made it possible to realize the targeted control of the optical contrast of photonic crystals and to predict the optical properties of optical heterostructures and three-component and composite photonic crystals. The theoretical findings were experimentally implemented using methods of micromatchining silicon, which can be incorporated into modern technological lines for the production of microchips. In the IR spectra of a designed and a fabricated optical heterostructure (a composite photonic crystal), extended bands with high reflectivities were obtained. In a Si-based three-component photonic crystal, broad transmission bands and photonic band gaps in the middle IR region have been predicted and experimentally demonstrated for the first time. Si–liquid crystal periodic structures with electric-field tunable photonic band-gap edges have been investigated. The one-dimensional photonic crystals developed based on micromatchining silicon can serve as a basis for creating components of optical processors, as well as highly sensitive chemical and biological sensors in a wide region of the IR spectrum (from 1 to 20 μm) for lab-on-a-chip applications.     

一维非厄密光子晶格中分叉可调无衍射光传输

理论计算和数值模拟了一维周期性复式光子晶格中光的分叉无衍射传输现象。当晶格满足退化的SSH模型时,波矢为±π的入射光将分裂为两束完全相同的对称无衍射光,且分叉夹角可通过耦合系数J来调节;在此基础上,通过微扰波导作用引入了调制相位φ,当微扰满足宇称时间对称时,只要入射光波矢k与调制相位φ之和为±π便能实现任意入射光波的无衍射分叉传输。进一步研究表明,次近邻耦合作用可以调控两个无衍射分叉光束的传输角度及其分功比。本研究为光学开关及未来全光路的设计提供了理论指导。     

Asymmetric vortex solitons in nonlinear periodic lattices

We reveal the existence of asymmetric vortex solitons in ideally symmetric periodic lattices and show how such nonlinear localized structures describing elementary circular flows can be analyzed systematically using the energy-balance relations. We present the examples of rhomboid, rectangular, and triangular vortex solitons on a square lattice and also describe novel coherent states where the populations of clockwise and anticlockwise vortex modes change periodically due to a nonlinearity-induced momentum exchange through the lattice. Asymmetric vortex solitons are expected to exist in different nonlinear lattice systems, including optically induced photonic lattices, nonlinear photonic crystals, and Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices.