用短程飞行时间吸收谱对铯磁光阱中冷原子温度的测量

介绍采用短程飞行时间吸收谱测量铯原子磁光阱(MOT) 中冷原子温度的基本原理及实验实现.与通常的飞行时间方法不同，采用短程飞行时间吸收谱来测量MOT 中冷原子云的温度.在MOT 区域正下方若干毫米处入射一束圆柱状共振探测光束(实验中对于h=3mm，5mm，8mm的情况均作了研究)，释放冷原子云，在其膨胀和自由下落过程中穿过探测光束，即可由光电探测器测得飞行时间吸收谱，由此推得MOT中冷原子的温度. 关键词： 磁光阱 冷原子 飞行时间 短程飞行时间 铯原子     

用短程飞行时间谱对铯MOT温度的测量以及铯MOT中冷原子吸收光谱研究

介绍采用短程飞行时间(Time-of-flight:TOF)吸收谱测量铯磁光阱(MOT)中冷原子云温度的实验方案和结果.MOT中冷原子的温度是一个非常重要的参数.与通常的飞行时间荧光谱方法不同,我们采用短程飞行时间吸收谱来测量MOT温度.在MOT区域下方h处打一束柱状探测光束(实验中我们对于h = 2 mm～8 mm的情况作了对比研究),释放冷原子云后在其膨胀和自由下落过程中穿过探测光束即可测得TOF吸收谱,由此可推知MOT温度.在直径约15 mm的六束冷却与俘获光每束8 mW功率、相对于铯D2线Fg=4 - Fe=5冷却循环跃迁红失谐约10 MHz、四极磁场轴向梯度约11 Gauss/cm的条件下,由h = 3 mm时典型的短程TOF吸收谱推得相应的冷原子温度约70 μK,低于铯原子多普勒冷却极限TD=125 μK.此外,在冷却光及repumping光均开启的情况下,我们还对于MOT中冷却与俘获的铯原子的吸收光谱进行了研究,并使用Dress原子模型作了相应的分析.     

测量冷原子温度的理论与近似拟合公式的误差分析

对短程飞行时间法(tim e-of-flight,TOF)中推算冷原子温度的理论拟合公式与近似拟合公式进行了误差分析与比较。研究表明:对于使用短程飞行吸收光谱信号推测冷原子团温度,当探测光光斑半径与冷原子团高斯半径之比k小于0.2时,理论拟合公式和近似拟合公式能很好的相符,随着探测光光斑半径与冷原子团高斯半径比值的逐渐增大,用近似拟合公式所得TOF吸收信号与用理论拟合公式所得TOF吸收信号的误差也将逐渐增大,当比值为0.5时,用近似拟合公式所得TOF吸收信号的误差将增大到20%。     

冷原子EIT介质的原子数目和温度的测量

简要介绍了我们实验组冷却、俘获87Rb原子的磁光阱装置及冷却俘获过程。采用收集荧光法测得了俘获的冷原子数目,并根据冷原子团尺寸推算出了冷原子团密度。通过在冷原子团下方4 mm,7 mm,10 mm三处设置圆柱形探测光束,在原子自由下落过程中获得了短程飞行时间(TOF)吸收信号,通过数值拟合得到了冷原子的温度。结果表明:俘获的冷原子数目大约为109个,密度大约为1011个/cm3,冷却温度约为200μK,该冷原子团能作为很好的EIT介质。     

一种测量磁光阱中冷原子密度和温度的新方法

报道了对磁光阱中冷铯原子吸收谱的实验观察,由于冷原子的多普勒增宽远小于激光发态超精细分裂,实验观察到三个孤立的吸收峰（Cs,6S1/2,F=4→6P3／2,F＝3,4,5,）其吸收系数比为3：7：12,这与相应跃迁振子强度一致。利用吸收信号测量了冷原子云的密度.结果与荧光探测法在10％的精度内符合;用吸收信号测量了冷原子的温度,测量结果与用荧光飞行时间法和释放捕捉法的结果吻合。     

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     

近共振三维光学晶格中铯原子温度的参数依赖

介绍了四光束三维近共振光学晶格的方案,在铯原子磁光阱和光学粘团的基础上搭建了近共振光学晶格的光路,实现了光学晶格中冷原子的装载.利用短程飞行时间吸收法测量了近共振光学晶格中冷原子的温度,通过改变晶格的光强和失谐等条件,对近共振光学晶格中铯原子的亚多普勒冷却的参数依赖关系作了实验研究,并与光学粘团作了比较.     

一种精确测量原子喷泉冷原子团温度的方法

冷原子团的高斯半径和温度是用来描述冷原子团,反映冷原子特性的主要参数.本文提出了一种新型的测量冷原子团高斯半径和温度的方法,采用过饱和近共振激光束照射冷原子团,原子由于吸收了光子动量偏离原来的运动轨道,而不能被探测系统所探测.根据冷原子团的原子分布规律,理论上构建了物理模型,通过改变作用于冷原子团的推除光的尺寸来控制被推除的冷原子数目,计算得到了不同高斯半径的冷原子团剩余原子数目与推除光尺寸的关系.以国家授时中心铯原子喷泉为实验平台,利用横向偏置的刀口光阑在不同下落高度控制作用于冷原子团的推除光尺寸,测量出不同高度的剩余原子数目随推除光尺寸的变化情况.应用理论公式拟合实验数据,最终得到冷原子团在磁光阱中心正下方10 mm和160 mm处的高斯半径分别为(1.54±0.05) mm和(3.29±0.08) mm,进一步计算得到冷原子团温度为(7.50±0.49)μK.为了验证刀口法的准确性和可重复性,在同一实验条件下用刀口法和飞行时间法对冷原子团温度进行了测量与对比,最终得到两种方法的测量结果基本一致.     

铷离子-铷原子混合阱飞行时间谱的拟合和仿真模拟

离子-原子混合阱是研究带电粒子-中性粒子低温反应的理想平台,直接甄别反应产物最准确的方法是带电粒子飞行时间谱,飞行时间谱峰的强度、位置(飞行时间)和宽度给出了相应带电粒子的强度和动能(温度)等信息.本文通过分析和模拟铷离子-原子混合阱中的飞行时间谱,获得了不同荷质比的离子绝对强度和温度等信息.具体说,首先使用Gumbel型极值分布函数飞行时间谱的谱峰,获得谱峰强度、位置和宽度等信息.然后对实验建模得到耦合的原子数和总带点离子的速率方程,用这些速率方程拟合实验数据,并结合实验测量到的绝对原子数,获得绝对的离子数强度.由此提供了一种标定探测器(本文使用的是微通道板)的方法.改变电离激光的波长和强度得到的标定因子是一致的,表明了这种方法的可靠性.此外,利用COMSOL Multiphysics模拟实验的飞行时间谱,仿真模拟结果表明离子动能大,谱峰宽度窄.本文对飞行时间谱的强度和宽度分析为冷原子光电离过程的离子-原子反应碰撞和带电粒子温度弛豫奠定了基础.     

锶原子二级Doppler冷却及温度的测量

为了减小锶原子跃迁谱线的多普勒增宽及频移,需要对锶原子进行激光冷却以降低它的速度,而一级冷却只能将原子温度降低至mK量级,这样的原子其速度过大而无法有效地装载至光晶格中,因此必须进行二级冷却.锶原子存在单重态与三重态(5s2)1S0-(5s5p)3P1间互组跃迁,利用与其跃迁波长在689 nm的窄线宽激光对锶原子进一步冷却,可将锶原子团温度降低至μK量级.利用时序有效、准确地控制磁场和光场与原子相互作用时间,通过飞行时间法对锶冷原子温度进行了测算.实验中应用计算机精确控制磁光阱区域中冷原子团下落时间,EMCCD记录冷原子团初始时刻和下落20 ms后的状态.经过分析计算二级冷却温度为4.39 μK,不确定度仅为0.19 μK,二级冷原子团数目约为1.2×10 7.低温二级冷却锶原子温度及原子数目的获得为锶光钟跃迁信号的信噪比估计提供实验参考,也是实现高精度时间频率标准的前提.     

Towards a microscopic theory of phase transitions: residual rays,correlation radii and critical indices

Bonds between atoms/molecules of condensed substances must be described within the framework of quantum electrodynamics (QED) as an exchange of virtual photons. Such representation is supported by the known conformity of latent heat with residual infrared (IR) rays and the possibility of latent heat removal by characteristic frequencies. These bonds are virtual if the duration of photons’ formation (their ‘dressing’) τ exceeds the duration of free path in substance ??=?1/σ _tot N, i.e. if τ?>??/c. It is assumed that reversing this inequality corresponds to bond breakage and phase transitions. With low σ _tot and τ frequencies, it leads to the universal radius of correlations, R _c?～?ω ^?ν, ν?=?2/3, and allows refinement of the Ginzburg–Landau model of phase transitions by expansion of thermodynamic potentials over R _c (instead of temperature distance), which results in the correct system of critical indices. Such a consideration offers an opportunity for the stimulation of definite phase transitions by resonant frequencies.     

Optimal transport of cold atoms by modulating the velocity of traps

This work experimentally demonstrates a new method of optimizing the transport of cold atoms via modulating the velocity profile imposed on a magnetic quadrupole trap.The trap velocity and corresponding modulation are controlled by varying the currents of two pairs of anti-Helmholtz coils.Cold 87Rb atoms are transported in a non-adiabatic regime over 22 mm in 200 ms.For the transported atoms their final-vibration amplitude dependences of modulation period number,depth,and initial phase are investigated.With modulation period n = 5,modulation depth K = 0.55,and initial phase φ = 0,cold atom clouds with more atom numbers,smaller final-vibration amplitude,and lower temperature are efficiently transported.Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation are also provided,which are in good agreement with experimental results.     

Theory of thermal remagnetization of permanent magnets

A self-consistent mean-field theory explaining the thermal remagnetization (TR) of polycrystalline permanent magnets is given. The influence of the environment of a grain is treated by an inclusion approximation, relating the field inside the grain to the local field outside by means of an internal demagnetization factor n. For the switching fields and the fluctuations of the local fields around the mean field, Gaussian distributions of widths σ_s, and σ_f, respectively, are assumed. The isothermal hysteresis curve, the recoil curves, and the TR dependent on the model parameters n, σ_s, and σ_f are calculated. Furthermore, the influence of the initial temperature and the strong dependence of the TR on the demagnetization factor of the sample are studied, and it is shown that for reasonable parameter sets TR effects up to 100% are possible. The theoretical results correspond well with the experimental situation.     

Nd2Fe14B的价电子结构分析和磁性计算

应用固体与分子经验电子理论计算了Nd₂Fe₁₄B的价电子结构、磁矩和居里温度,计算结果与实验值相符.计算表明:该合金的磁性与3d磁电子数成正比.从Fe(c)晶位到Fe(k₂)晶位磁矩增加,其机理源于价电子、哑对电子和3d磁电子之间的转化,有78%的哑对电子和18%的3d共价电子转化成了磁电子.居里温度和磁矩与Fe原子配位数成正比,与加权等同键数I^σ成反比,Nd原子 关键词： 2Fe₁₄B')" href="#">Nd₂Fe₁₄B 价电子结构 居里温度     

Synthesis,crystal structure and electrical properties of (C5H13NCl)2 SnCl6

In this work, a novel compound Bis(2-chloropropyl-N,N-dimethyl-1-ammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV) was synthesized and characterized by; single X-ray diffraction, Hirshfeld surface analysis, differential scanning calorimetric and dielectric measurement. The crystal structure refinement at room temperature reveled that this later belongs to the monoclinic compound with P2₁/n space group with the following unit cell parameters a = 7.2894(7) Å, b = 12.9351(12) Å, c = 12.2302(13) Å and β = 93.423 (6) °. The structure consists of isolated (SnCl₆)^2? octahedral anions connected together into layers via hydrogen bonds N–H….Cl between the chlorine atoms of the anions and the hydrogen atoms of the NH groups of the [C₅H₁₃NCl]⁺ cations. Hirschfeld surface analysis has been performed to gain insight into the behavior of these interactions. The differential scanning calorimetry spectrum discloses phase transitions at 367 and 376.7 K. The electrical properties of this compound have been measured in the temperature range 300–420 K and the frequency range 209 Hz–5 MHz. The Cole–Cole (Z′ versus Z″) plots are well fitted to an equivalent circuit model. The transition phase observed in the calorimetric study is confirmed by the change as function of temperature of electrical parameter such as the conductivity of grain (σ_g) and the σ_dc.     

A controllable double-well optical trap for cold atoms (or molecules) using a binary <Emphasis Type="Italic">π</Emphasis>-phase plate: experimental demonstration and Monte Carlo simulation

We experimentally demonstrate a practical scheme to form a controllable double-well optical dipole trap for cold atoms (or cold molecules), and give some experimental results as well as the fabrication method of a binary π-phase plate. The dependence of the double-well characteristics on the phase etching error of the π-phase plate and the evolution of the double-well optical trap from two wells to a single one are studied both theoretically and experimentally, and the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical prediction. Furthermore, the dynamic process of loading and splitting of cold ⁸⁷Rb atoms from a standard magneto-optical trap (MOT) into our controllable double-well one are studied by Monte Carlo simulations. Our study shows that the loading efficiency of cold atoms from the standard MOT into our single-well trap can reach 100%, and the relative atomic density will be reduced from 1.0 to ∼0.5 during the evolution of our double-well trap, in which the temperature of cold atoms is reduced from 20 μK to ∼15 μK. In final, some potential applications of our controllable double-well optical trap in atom and molecule optics are briefly discussed.     

Second virial coefficient and mechanical moduli of metallic glasses

The relationship between the bulk, shear moduli and second virial coefficient of amorphous materials is derived according to their dependences with the radial distribution function. Lennard-Jones–Gaussian potential is used to investigate the relationship between second virial coefficient and temperature, where Lennard-Jones potential represents interactions with the nearest neighbor atoms, and Gaussian potential is responsible for the multi-atom interactions including the next nearest neighbor atoms and heterogeneous structures for a metallic glass. The results show that deep potential well formed by Gaussian potential causes a large second virial coefficient at low temperatures, which is very obvious for the larger fragility glasses. The quadratic form relationship of shear modulus and compositions is proposed, and confirmed by the experimental results of Pd_xNi_100−x−20P₂₀ alloy.     

Electronic transport properties of liquid InSn20 alloy

In this article, temperature dependences of the electrical conductivity σ and the absolute thermoelectric power S of InSn20 wt% melt were investigated. Abnormal phenomena were observed on both σ–T and S–T curves within certain temperature range, suggesting a temperature-induced liquid structural change occurred in the melt. Combined with the data of the mean neighbor distance r ₁ obtained by the prior X-ray diffraction, according to Faber–Ziman theory, the temperature functioning patterns of the density of states N(E_F ) and its gradient value dN(E_F )/dE were deduced. The results reflect that the electronic structure of the melt at Fermi level also changes during the transition.     

截断的有振幅调制和位相畸变光束的等效曲率半径

高功率激光通常具有振幅调制和相位畸变. 采用统计光学方法推导了截断的有振幅调制和位相畸变光束在大气湍流中传输 的等效曲率半径R的解析公式.研究表明:随着位相畸变参量、振幅调制参量和光 束截断参量的增大,光束在自由空间中的 R增大,但R受湍流的影响也会增大; 并且高斯光束在自由空间中的R最大, 但其受湍流影响也最大. 因此,在大气湍流中传输到足够远时, 截断的有振幅调制和位相畸变光束的R就要比高斯光束的大.特别地, 相对等效曲率半径R_r随传输距离为非单调变化, 存在一个最小值, 即在该位置处R受湍流的影响最大. 此外, 达到 R_r最小值所需传输距离随光束位相畸变和振幅调制的加剧而增大.     

Metal-insulator transition in perovskite oxides: A low-temperature perspective

A review is presented of recent experimental results of low temperature studies of composition driven metal-insulator transition in perovskite oxides of the ABO₃ class. The evolution of physical properties like conductivity, tunnelling, density of states and magnetoconductivity has been studied at low temperatures (T < 10 K) because composition is varied so that the sample goes from the metallic state to the critical region through a weakly localized region. The results show an interesting interplay of disorder and correlation effects. Special attention has been paid to the critical region which is marked by very low conductivity and dσ/dT>0. In this region the following important observations emerge. (1) It is possible to have a metallic state [σ(T = 0) = σ ₀ ≠ 0] with σ ₀/σ _Mott ? 1 and dσ/dT > 0. (2) At T < 2 K the conductivity follows a power law σ ～T^ν , where the exponent can be related to the finite frequency response of a zero temperature phase transition. (3) The Coulomb interaction plays a major role and evidence from tunnelling experiments suggests that a gap in the density of states at the Fermi level opens up continuously as the critical region is approached from the metallic side. (4) The magnetoconductivity is relatively smaller in the metallic and the weakly localized region (except the hole-doped LaMnO₃ and related systems) but becomes very large at the critical region.