Light scattering from a fluid with a stationary temperature gradient

The spectrum of light scattered from a system in which a stationary temperature gradient is maintained is calculated on the basis of fluctuating hydrodynamics. Explicit expressions are obtained for the frequency dependence of the intensity of the modified Brillouin lines.     

Absolute scattering cross-section measurements by a ratio technique

Calculations and measurements are presented which show that absolute scattering cross sections (“Rayleigh ratios”) can be determined by measuring the ratio of the depolarized intensity of doubly scattered light to the polarized intensity of singly scattered light. This technique should be useful in determining the susceptibilities of fluids and the molecular weights of macromolecules.     

Time and frequency features of noise for a pulsed squeezed state field generated via degenerate four wave mixing

The time and frequency features of the fluctuations are studied for a pulsed squeezed state field generated by train of pulses produced by a mode-locked laser via degenerated four wave mixing. We propose an improved balanced homodyne detection scheme, which can be used to measure simultaneously the time variation and the frequency spectrum of the noise of in one quadrature component of the pulsed squeezed state field. The explicit expressions for the intensity and the noise as functions of time and frequency are derived. The features of the intensity and noise spectra are discussed. It is shown that the variation of noise with time exhibits a pulse train with reduced noise and the frequency spectrum of the noise displays some very interesting properties.     

Time and frequency features of noise for a pulsed squeezed state field generated via degenerate four wave mixing

The time and frequency features of the fluctuations are studied for a pulsed squeezed state field generated by train of pulses produced by a mode-locked laser via degenerated four wave mixing. We propose an improved balanced homodyne detection scheme, which can be used to measure simultaneously the time variation and the frequency spectrum of the noise of in one quadrature component of the pulsed squeezed state field. The explicit expressions for the intensity and the noise as functions of time and frequency are derived. The features of the intensity and noise spectra are discussed. It is shown that the variation of noise with time exhibits a pulse train with reduced noise and the frequency spectrum of the noise displays some very interesting properties.     

Light scattering from a fluid with a stationary temperature gradient

The spectrum of light, scattered from a fluid with a stationary temperature gradient, is calculated on the basis of fluctuating hydrodynamics. Explicit expressions are obtained for the spectrum of the scattered light which is no longer symmetric around the frequency of the incident light. In particular the difference in height and intensity of the Brillouin lines is given. Furthermore the shift in the position of the maximum of the Rayleigh line is calculated.     

Dazzling effect of repetitive short pulse laser on TDI CCD camera

A dazzling experiment was performed on a 64-stage TDI CCD camera using a 20 Hz repetition frequency picoseconds pulse laser, during which we found a new dazzling effect in which the fringes appeared in the video of the camera beside the saturation spot induced by the laser. We considered it to be the scattered light of the repetition frequency laser pulse to have induced the phenomenon. Width and visibility of the fringes recorded the information of the scattered light, such as repetitive frequency, pulse width and intensity distribution. With the assumption that the laser pulse width is less than one stage integral time of TDI CCD, width expressions for the fringes and space between the fringes were given using the repetitive frequency of laser pulse, row output frequency and integral stage number of the TDI CCD camera.     

Phase-dependent fluctuations of resonance fluorescence beyond the squeezing regime

Phase-dependent quantum features of the light scattered by a two-level atom driven by a monochromatic laser were investigated theoretically using the method of conditional homodyne detection [Carmichael, Castro-Beltran, Foster, Orozco, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 1855]. The splitting of fluctuations into terms of second and third order correlations of the dipole noise is obtained analytically. For the out-of-phase quadrature and weak laser driving the former are known to be squeezed. The third order fluctuations, newly found in this paper, grow with the laser intensity, contaminate squeezing below saturation, and dominate above it. They are responsible for the non-classicality and non-Gaussianity of the fluorescence for moderate to strong driving. Conditional homodyne detection, in both time and frequency domains, illustrates more general phase-dependent effects than squeezing, and is much less restricted by finite collection and quantum detector efficiencies than standard homodyne detection schemes.     

外腔共振和频系统中阻抗匹配的理论研究

外腔共振是提高和频效率的有效方法. 实现外腔共振高效和频需要基频光高效地耦合到外部谐振腔中, 因此系统要达到阻抗匹配. 本文分别建立了双波长和单波长外腔共振和频系统的理论模型, 分析了腔增强因子与耦合腔镜反射率、入射基频光功率等参数的依赖关系, 通过数值模拟获得最优化的共振光耦合腔镜反射率, 使系统达到阻抗匹配, 提高和频效率. 研究表明, 无论双波长还是单波长外腔共振和频系统, 共振基频光的最佳耦合腔镜反射率只会随着另一束共振或者不共振的基频光入射功率的增加而减小, 而其本身的入射功率变化则影响较小; 进一步分析表明, 若共振基频光的耦合腔镜反射率超过阻抗匹配值, 和频光功率将会迅速减小, 而小于阻抗匹配值时, 和频光功率减少速度相对较慢, 因此实验过程中要尽量避免过耦合的情况出现. 本文的理论分析过程将对外腔和频实验有一定的指导意义.     

Superfluorescent rayleigh scattering from suspensions of dielectric particles

We demonstrate that superfluorescent scattering of light can occur when laser light is incident on a collection of dielectric Rayleigh particles suspended in a viscous medium. Using a linear stability analysis, an expression for the spatiotemporal evolution of the scattered (probe) field is derived. An approximate condition for the progression of the interaction into the nonlinear regime is deduced and it is shown that, in the nonlinear regime, the scattered field intensity shows the characteristic quadratic dependence on particle density expected from a superfluorescent or superradiant process, once the effects of pump depletion are accounted for.     

Spontaneous noise spectroscopy of an atomic magnetic resonance

We have experimentally demonstrated a new type of noise spectroscopy, which requires neither amplitude nor frequency noise of the light source. A highly stabilized diode laser provides low-noise light for the optical magnetic resonance of Rb atoms. The laser light transmitted through the Rb vapor contains significant intensity fluctuations whose power spectrum has a distinct peak at the Larmor frequency. The fluctuations are spontaneously generated by the atoms and are attributed to the stochastic properties of the photon scattering which randomly interrupts the Larmor precession of the atomic magnetic moment.     

Depolarized light scattering from interacting brownian spheres

The initial decay time of the spectrum and the integrated intensity of depolarized light scattered from a system of interacting spherical and optically isotropic colloidal particles as a function of scattering angle is calculated in the double scattering approximation. These quantities can be reduced in the short-time regime to the static structure factor of single scattering, as observed in polarized scattering for systems of intermediate concentrations of colloidal particles. The results are applied to charged polysterene spheres in solutions and it is shown by numerical calculations that the presence of interactions can modify the angular dependence of initial decay time and integrated intensity considerably.     

Laser statistics and cavity length

The effect on the optical field of changing the cavity length of a laser, while keeping the resonance frequency constant, is examined. It is shown that the fully quantized laser theory gives explicit expressions for the length dependence of the light intensity distribution, that are not shared by the semiclassical theory, and are quite different above, at, and below threshold. Some possible experiments are suggested.     

Heterodyne detection of multiply scattered monochromatic light with a multipixel detector

A new technique is presented for measuring the spectral broadening of light that has been multiply scattered from scatterers in motion. In our method the scattered light is detected by a heterodyne receiver that uses a CCD as a multipixel detector. We obtain the frequency spectrum of the scattered light by sweeping the heterodyne local oscillator frequency. Our detection scheme combines a high optical etendue (product of the surface by the detection solid angle) with an optimal detection of the scattered photons (shot noise). Using this technique, we measure, in vivo, the frequency spectrum of the light scattered through the breast of a female volunteer.     

Photochemical sensitization and magnetic field effect on aerosol particle formation from a gaseous mixture of glyoxal and acrolein

Under light irradiation at 435.8 nm with a medium pressure mercury lamp, pure acrolein (AC) vapour does not produce any deposits, but a gaseous mixture of glyoxal (GLY) and AC produced sedimentary aerosol particles. The nucleation process of the aerosol particles was investigated by measuring He-Ne laser light intensity scattered by the aerosol particles as formed under light irradiation at 435.8 nm. From the dependence of the scattered light intensity on the partial pressure of GLY, it was found that electronically excited GLY in the nπ? state initiated chemical reactions with AC leading to nucleation of the aerosol particles. Magnetic field effects on the nucleation process were measured for a gaseous mixture of GLY and AC. With the application of a magnetic field of 5.3 kG, the nucleation reaction was accelerated, and the convection of the gaseous mixture was changed due to greater heat release during nucleation reaction between GLY and AC. The magnetic field effect on the gaseous mixture is discussed based on the photochemical behaviour of GLY.     

Quantum noise frequency correlations of multiply scattered light

Frequency correlations in multiply scattered light that are present in quantum fluctuations are investigated. The speckle correlations for quantum and classical noise are compared and are found to depend markedly differently on optical frequency, which was confirmed in a recent experiment. Furthermore, novel mesoscopic correlations are predicted that depend on the photon statistics of the incoming light.     

Photochemical sensitization and magnetic field effect on ultrafine particle formation from a gaseous mixture of glyoxal and carbon disulphide

Under light irradiation at 435.8 nm with a medium-pressure mercury lamp, a gaseous mixture of glyoxal (GLY) and carbon disulphide (CS₂) produced sedimentary aerosol particles at the initial stage of light irradiation. The nucleation process of the aerosol particles was investigated by measuring He-Ne laser light intensity scattered by the aerosol particles as formed under light irradiation at 435.8 nm. From the dependence of the scattered light intensity on the partial pressure of GLY, it was found that electronically excited GLY in the n-π* state initiated chemical reactions with CS₂ leading to nucleation of the aerosol particles. An external magnetic field effect on the nucleation process was measured for a gaseous mixture of GLY and CS₂. With the application of a magnetic field of 5.1 kG, the nucleation reaction was accelerated and the convection of the gaseous mixture was changed. The magnetic field effect on the gaseous mixture is briefly discussed in comparison with the results obtained from a gaseous mixture of GLY and acrolein recently reported by us.     

Analytical expressions for the intensity and frequency noise of an individual mode in a multimode semiconductor laser with external optical feedback

Analytical expressions are derived for the intensity and frequency noise of each individual mode in a multimode semiconductor laser with external optical feedback. It is shown that in a two-mode laser the side-mode effect on the intensity noise is enhanced by the optical feedback which gives the maximum linewidth narrowing.     

强度调制532 nm激光水下测距

激光水下探测在水下目标搜寻、资源勘探等领域具有重要的应用,而散射是激光水下探测面临的主要挑战.载波调制激光雷达具有抗散射、抗干扰的优点,本文利用自行研制的532 nm强度调制激光源,在3 m长的水箱中搭建激光水下探测系统. 532 nm激光源最大输出功率为2.56 W,强度调制范围为10.0 MHz—2.1 GHz,光束发散角约0.5 mrad.通过在水箱中添加氢氧化镁(Mg(OH)_2)粉末,测量了不同浑浊度下水的衰减系数.采用相位测距的方法,目标反射光的调制信号为探测信号,对激光源进行调制的电信号作为参考信号,利用相关运算获得激光的延时时间,进而可以获得水下目标的距离.最大调制频率为500 MHz时,实现了距离为4.3个衰减长度目标的探测,测距误差约12 cm.探测距离越远,测距误差越大,调制频率越高,测距精度越高.     

Photon time-interval statistics of laser light scattered by brownian particles

Measurements are reported and some theoretical expressions are given for half-open photon time-interval statistics of laser light scattered by particles in brownian motion. Expressions in terms of cumulants are shown not to be valid in general.     

Multiple light scattering from a moving layer of Brownian particles: comparison with a rigid phase screen

Abstract

The temporal fluctuations in the intensity of light scattered by a moving layer of emulsions and suspensions containing Brownian particles are investigated experimentally, and a comparison is made with light scattered by a translating phase screen. The intensity fluctuations of the scattered light are detected through an imaging system, which collects the light emanating only from a limited volume in the medium. The effect of translational motion of the particle layer on the decay rate of the autocorrelation function of intensity fluctuations depends on the illuminating form of a laser beam and on the point spread function of the imaging system. The Brownian motion of the particles causes the scattered light to fluctuate more rapidly than that arising from the translating phase screen. In the multiple-scattering regime, the influence of this diffusional motion increases with an increase of the particle concentration in the layer.