高效光学加工技术

为验证国产大口径KDP晶体金刚石车床（图1）的加工能力，进行了多次试验。加工的φ150mm小于0．52的铝镜面已达到与俄罗斯机床同等水平。但同时进行的一轮KDP晶体车削试验，结果并不满意，其单次透射波前畸变近4λ，原因可能是KDP晶体的装夹存在问题，导致加工效率不佳。而且加工中还产生周期性波纹，可能是由于机床压缩空气供给系统的周期性启动，造成周期性的压力波动。     

氢原子光谱实验研究

氢原子的结构简单，其光谱具有明显的规律，各种原子光谱线规律性的研究首先是在氢原子上得到突破。通过测量氢光谱可见谱线的波长，能较准确测定氢的里德伯常数，可使学生对近代物理测量有初步了解。     

A Quasi-Symmetric Coupled Quantum Well and Its Electric-Optical Properties

We propose a novel coupled quantum well structure, i.e. a quasi-symmetric coupled quantum well (QSCQW). Based on the demands of optical switching devices for quantum well materials, the QSCQW configuration is further optimized. Consequently, in the case of low applied electric field 25kV/cm and low absorption loss 100cm^-1, a large field-induced refractive index change (for TE mode, n = 0.0106; for TM mode, n = 0.0115) is obtained in the QSCQW structure at the operation wavelength 1550hm. The value is in one or two order of magnitude larger than that in a rectangular quantum well and about 50% larger than that of five-step asymmetric coupled quantum well structure under the same working conditions. The refractive index change obtained with the optimized QSCQW under so low absorption loss and applied electric field is very attractive for semiconductor optical switching devices. This manifests that the QSCQW structure has a great potential for applications in ultra-fast and low-voltage optical switches and in travelling wave modulators.     

铁电单晶0.62Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.38PbTiO3折射率的研究

用最小偏向角法在20℃下精确测量了0.62Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.38PbTiO3(0.62PMN-0.38PT)单晶的折射率,给出了该温度下折射率色散的Sellmeier方程.研究了能带结构与折射率的关系,计算了样品的Sellmeier光学系数:对no,E0=5.50eV,λ0=0.226μm,S0=1.004×1014m-2,Ed=28.10eV;对ne,E0=5.57eV,λ0=0.223μm,S0=1.017×1014m-2,Ed=28.10eV.ABO3型钙钛矿材料中,BO6八面体基元决定了晶体的能带结构,对折射率产生重要影响.     

偏振分束器对光学电流传感器稳定性的影响

采用偏振光学理论,详细分析了光学电流传感器中偏振分束器消光比的变化对传感器性能的影响,得到了偏振分束器消光比与传感器输出的关系式,并用系统实验进行了验证.理论及实验结果的吻合证明了光学电流传感器稳定性直接受偏振分束器两路消光比影响的结论.     

Resonantly Enhanced Continuous-Wave Four-Wave Mixing in a Five-Level Cold Atomic Medium

Using Schroedinger-Maxwell formalism, we propose and analyse a cw four-wave mixing (FWM) scheme for the generation of coherent light in a five-level double-∧ atomic system based on electromagnetically induced transparency. We derive the corresponding explicit analytical expressions for the generated FWM field. The influence of hyperfine sublevel on the amplitude of the generated FWM field is predicted in detail. We also give a brief discussion on the experimental realization of the proposed scheme.     

邮票上的物理学史(63) --天体物理学:新的观测手段

天体物理学是天文学三大分支中最现代和最活跃的一个分支(另外两个分支是天体测量学和天体力学),也是物理学的一个重要分支,它研究的对象是自然界中尺度最大的客体天体和宇宙,而且它们是处在人类在地球上无法复现的极端物理条件(超高温、超高压、超高密度、超强磁场、超强辐射等)之下.     

Mid-infrared generation based on a periodically poled LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator

We report a nanosecond Nd:YVO_4-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled LiNbO_3 (PPLN). Tuning is achieved in this experiment by varying the temperature and period of the PPLN. The design of double-pass singly resonant oscillator (DSRO) and confocal cavity enables the OPO threshold to be lowered considerably, resulting in a simple, compact, all-solid-state configuration with the mid-infrared idler powers of up to 466mW at 3.41μm.     

精选实验素材加强实验教学

多年来人们对实验教学加以重视的同时却陷入了一个误区：只重视做好课堂演示实验和学生分组实验，而忽视了课外小实验的作用．其实，经常性地引导学生自己动手，就地取材，开展课外小实验、小制作，对加强物理实验教学，加深对物理知识的理解，提高学生的分析解决问题的能力，将会起到重要的作用．     

替代柱面透镜的二元光学元件设计

在二极管泵浦固体激光器耦合光学系统中，柱面透镜起着非常重要的作用。随着系统轻量化、小型化的要求需要用重量轻、尺寸小的光学器件来替代。本文介绍一种用于替代柱面透镜的二元光学元件的设计和制作方法。