The Kapitza-Dirac effect

The development of laser cooling has an important impact on many aspects of atomic physics and quantum optics. The efforts to understand the various types of force exerted on atoms by laser light have led to some interesting physics and it is now possible for extremely cold clouds of atoms to be produced, which can be confined in atom traps or formed into very monoenergetic atomic beams.

There are many new possibilities to explore in this ultra-cold regime where quantum effects are significant, in addition to the potential for great improvements in precision measurements made by r.f. and laser spectroscopy.     

氢原子中电子概率密度的可视化研究

针对量子物理中氢原子电子概率密度抽象、不易理解的特点,本文给出了氢原子中电子概率密度分布函数,包括径向分布和角向分布函数.利用Matlab强大的绘图功能对其分布规律进行可视化研究.结果表明,该方法直观形象地揭示了氢原子中电子概率分布情况,为物理教学提供了新手段.     

原子激光器与非线性原子光学：现代原子物理学的新进展

介绍了当前原子物理实验研究的两项最新突破：准连续全方位可调谐原子激射器（又称原子激射器）以及世界第一个非线性原子光学实验。前者在实现高亮度、高相干性原子激射器的研究方面迈出了极其重要的一步,后者则首次证明了物质波的多波混频效应,从而开辟了一个崭新的研究领域。     

反氢和反原子

自从狄立预言反粒子的存在后，虽然人们已经找到了几乎每个粒子的反粒子，但几代物理学家苦苦寻找着由反粒子组成的以原子，１９９６年１月ＣＥＲＮ宣布制成反氢原子，打开了通向反物质世界的大门子，引起轰动，文章叙述这一重大发现的物理背景，报道了上述发现，并展望由此开辟的崭新领域。     

Einstein Lecture – Passion for precision

Optical frequency combs from mode‐locked femtosecond lasers have link optical and microwave frequencies in a single step, and they provide the long missing clockwork for optical atomic clocks. By extending the limits of time and frequency metrology, they enable new tests of fundamental physics laws. Precise comparisons of optical resonance frequencies of atomic hydrogen and other atoms with the microwave frequency of a cesium atomic clock are establishing sensitive limits for possible slow variations of fundamental constants. Optical high harmonic generation is extending frequency comb techniques into the extreme ultraviolet, opening a new spectral territory to precision laser spectroscopy. Frequency comb techniques are also providing a key to attosecond science by offering control of the electric field of ultrafast laser pulses. In our laboratories at Stanford and Garching, the development of new instruments and techniques for precision laser spectroscopy has long been motivated by the goal of ever higher resolution and measurement accuracy in optical spectroscopy of the simple hydrogen atom which permits unique confrontations between experiment and fundamental theory. This lecture recounts these adventures and the evolution of laser frequency comb techniques from my personal perspective.     

驻波场中两能级原子运动方程及其解

首次将固体量论中的ＬＬＰ变换用于处理两能级原子与驻波场相互作用体系的全量子哈密顿量。这一结果对于研究原子束穿透驻波场所造成的折射十分重要。     

Surfaces: a playground for physics with broken symmetry in reduced dimensionality

With our crystal ball in front of us, we attempt to articulate the opportunities and challenges for a surface physicist in the beginning of the new millennium. The challenge is quite clear: to use the unique environment of a surface or interface to do fascinating physics, while taking full advantage of the skills the community has developed over the last 30 years. The opportunities appear to be endless! In this age of Nanotechnology where the promise is to shape the world atom by atom, leading to the next industrial revolution [Nanotechnology: shaping the world atom by atom, National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Technology, 1999], surface science should be at the very forefront of both technological and scientific advances. The smaller objects become, the more important their surfaces become. In this article we focus on the role of a surface physicist in the emergence of nanoscale collective phenomena in complex materials.     

激光冷却及其在科学技术中的应用

这篇文章回顾了近20以来激光冷却原子气体的发展历史,同时概述了激光冷却的各种物理机制,还介绍了超冷原子物理在量子物理学和高科技应用中所取得的重要成就,包括气体原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚、原子钟和原子干涉仪。     

激光冷却及其在科学技术中的应用

这篇文章回顾了近20以来激光冷却原子气体的发展历史，同时概述了激光冷却的各种物理机制，还介绍了超冷原子物理在量子物理学和高科技应用中所取得的重要成就，包括气体原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚、原子钟和原子干涉仪。     

Bohmian trajectories of Airy packets

The discovery of Berry and Balazs in 1979 that the free-particle Schrödinger equation allows a non-dispersive and accelerating Airy-packet solution has taken the folklore of quantum mechanics by surprise. Over the years, this intriguing class of wave packets has sparked enormous theoretical and experimental activities in related areas of optics and atom physics. Within the Bohmian mechanics framework, we present new features of Airy wave packet solutions to Schrödinger equation with time-dependent quadratic potentials. In particular, we provide some insights to the problem by calculating the corresponding Bohmian trajectories. It is shown that by using general space–time transformations, these trajectories can display a unique variety of cases depending upon the initial position of the individual particle in the Airy wave packet. Further, we report here a myriad of nontrivial Bohmian trajectories associated to the Airy wave packet. These new features are worth introducing to the subject’s theoretical folklore in light of the fact that the evolution of a quantum mechanical Airy wave packet governed by the Schrödinger equation is analogous to the propagation of a finite energy Airy beam satisfying the paraxial equation. Numerous experimental configurations of optics and atom physics have shown that the dynamics of Airy beams depends significantly on initial parameters and configurations of the experimental set-up.     

Spectroscopic imaging of single atoms within a bulk solid

The ability to localize, identify, and measure the electronic environment of individual atoms will provide fundamental insights into many issues in materials science, physics, and nanotechnology. We demonstrate, using an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, the spectroscopic imaging of single La atoms inside CaTiO3. Dynamical simulations confirm that the spectroscopic information is spatially confined around the scattering atom. Furthermore, we show how the depth of the atom within the crystal may be estimated.     

Hadron physics with PANDA

The PANDA experiment at the new FAIR facility has a dedicated program of utilizing antiprotons for hadron physics. It belongs to the group of core experiments, which will be realized at the first stages of the facility. PANDA will be a universal detector to study the strong interaction by utilizing the annihilation process of antiprotons with protons and nuclear matter. The past few years have been used by the collaboration to do extensive detector R&D and to sharpen the physics case. This paper gives an introduction into the hadron physics with antiprotons as it is planned with PANDA.     

Exactly-solvable models derived from a generalized Gaudin algebra

We introduce a generalized Gaudin Lie algebra and a complete set of mutually commuting quantum invariants allowing the derivation of several families of exactly solvable Hamiltonians. Different Hamiltonians correspond to different representations of the generators of the algebra. The derived exactly-solvable generalized Gaudin models include the Hamiltonians of Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer, Suhl–Matthias–Walker, Lipkin–Meshkov–Glick, the generalized Dicke and atom–molecule, the nuclear interacting boson model, a new exactly-solvable Kondo-like impurity model, and many more that have not been exploited in the physics literature yet.     

Optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional GaN adsorbed with H,N and O: A first-principle study

In this paper, we have investigated optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional GaN adsorbed with non-metal atoms: H, N and O based on first-principle. We find that adsorption of H, N and O atom on 2D GaN is achieved by chemisorption, and the most stable adsorption site is at the top of N atom. Band structure of 2D GaN after adsorbing H atom moves to low energy region and two-dimensional GaN is transformed into an n-type semiconductor. After adsorption of N atom, a new impurity energy appears at the Fermi level, and N adatom could induce magnetism into 2D GaN. Static dielectric constants of 2D GaN increase and adsorption spectrums have extend to infrared band when adsorbing H and N. Strong reflection peaks and strong adsorption peaks after adsorption are located at deep ultraviolet range, which is beneficial for optoelectronic application in the deep ultraviolet. Specifically, two-dimensional GaN adsorbed with H atom is more conducive to manufacture of nano-optoelectronic devices.     

The positronium atom as a benchmark for Rydberg excitation experiments in atomic physics

Positronium is a hydrogen-like pure leptonic atom that has gained great attention in basic physics for its role in antimatter studies, in quantum electrodynamics tests and in material science. Positronium spectroscopy is also an interesting research field, especially in the again unexplored region of Rydberg states, where motional effects turns out of overwhelming importance in determining the level structure, at variance with the usual Rydberg atomic spectroscopy. In this paper we present a simple theory of optical excitation of positronium high-n levels in strong magnetic fields, and determine the conditions for obtaining saturation of the transitions. It is shown that positronium atom can be an atomic physics benchmark for laser excitation experiments on Rydberg states in magnetic environments.     

Higgs type excitations in cold atom systems

Higgs type excitations are the excitations which give mass to particles. The Higgs type excitations has a critical role both in particle physics and condensed matter physics. In particle physics, the suspected Higgs boson has been found by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012. In condensed matter physics, the Higgs type excitations relate to order phase of the system. In this review, we present an overview of recent studies on the Higgs type excitations both in non-interacting and interacting cold atom systems. First, in non-interacting cold atom system, by synthesizing artificial non-Abelian gauge potential, we demonstrate that when a non-Abelian gauge potential is reduced to Abelian potential, the Abelian part constructs spin-orbit coupling, and the non-Abelian part emerges Higgs excitations. Secondly, the Higgs excitations which are the reputed Higgs amplitude mode in interacting cold atom system are discussed. We review the theoretical model and the experimental detection of Higgs amplitude mode in two dimensional superfluid. The observation of both Higgs type excitations in real experiments are also discussed.     

从玻尔假说到发光原理

光是电磁波,发光即产生电磁波或光辐射,发光物理是发光材料创新设计和应用的理论基础.本文从玻尔假说出发,通过分析真空中和非真空中的孤立原子的能级和各类跃迁阐述发光的基本原理,通过分析非孤立原子激发态的能量传递阐述量子剪裁发光和上转换发光物理机制,通过介绍与发光有关的诺贝尔奖让学生了解该领域的最新进展,实现大学物理教学中从基础到前沿的跨越.