Population transfer by femtosecond laser pulses in a ladder-type atomic system

The population transfer in a ladder-type atomic system driven by linearly polarized sech-shape femtosecond laser pulses is investigated by numerically solving Schr6dinger equation without including the rotating wave approximation （RWA）. It is shown that population transfer is mainly determined by the Rabi frequency （strength） of the driving laser field and the chirp rate, and that the ratio of the dipole moments and the pulse width also have a prominent effect on the population transfer. By choosing appropriate values of the above parameters, complete population transfer can be realized.     

Lyot filter based multiwavelength fiber ring laser actively mode-locked at 10 GHz using an electroabsorption modulator

A multiwavelength fiber ring laser comprising of a Lyot filter and hybrid gain medium is presented. A wavelength channel spacing of 100 GHz is achieved by appropriate tuning of the Lyot filter length. Four wavelength channels are simultaneously mode-locked at 10 GHz using an electroabsorption modulator. We highlight how the intra-cavity modulator can affect the stability of the mode-locked laser spectrum when used in conjunction with a Lyot filter. We show that, due its reduced polarization sensitivity, an electroabsorption modulator significantly improves the stability of the mode-locked laser spectrum when compared to using a Mach-Zehnder modulator.     

Eleven-wavelength switchable fiber ring laser with a dispersion compensation fiber and a delayed interferometer

We demonstrate a fiber ring laser with a dispersion compensation fiber (DCF) and a delayed interferometer (DI) with temperature control, which is able to switch eleven wavelengths one by one. In ring cavity, DCF supplies different effective cavity lengths for different wavelengths, DI generates a wavelength comb corresponding to the ITU grid, a flat-gain erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) provides uniform gain for each lasting wavelength, and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) not only acts as active modulator, but also alleviates homogeneous broadening effect of EDFA. Stable pulse trains with a pulsewidth about 40 ps at 10 GHz have been obtained by injecting external optical control signals into the laser. Wavelength switching process among eleven wavelengths is achieved by merely tuning an intracavity optical delay line.     

Phase matching limitation of high-efficiency second-harmonic generation in both phase- and group-velocity-matched structures

In this paper, we studied efficient second-harmonic generation (SHG) of femtosecond pulses in both phase- and group-velocity-matched structures. Obtained results show that phase matching becomes more critical under conditions required for high levels of conversion efficiency. And the imperfect phase mismatch caused by mismatched group-velocity dispersion (GVD) will limit conversion efficiency as well as bandwidth of generated second-harmonic (SH) pulses. The spectral characteristics of the generated SH pulses and its conversion efficiency in the strong pump regime are investigated in detail. The acceptance bandwidth of nonlinear crystal in the high-efficiency SHG is redefined in the paper, and the definition is much closer to the practical application of design.     

Improved pulse schemes for separated local field spectroscopy for static and spinning samples

An improved pulse sequence for SLF experiments based on the magic sandwich (MS) scheme for homo-nuclear dipolar decoupling is proposed. The sequence incorporates a double MS, both on I and S spins and has been named as EXE-MS2. The proposed scheme which has a scaling factor of 1 is observed to be free from low intensity artifacts and provides better line-widths particularly for S spins labeled at multiple sites. The pulse sequence which has been applied on static oriented samples incorporates the EXE scheme where direct polarization of the S spin in the B(0) field is utilized in the place of polarization inversion and is observed to perform well without any loss of sensitivity while ensuring considerable reduction in rf power input into the sample. The EXE scheme has also been tested for solid samples under MAS.     

制备囚禁冷离子的振动压缩量子态

基于非Lamb-Dicke近似下激光-离子相互作用的动力学规律,讨论了如何利用一系列的激光脉冲来驱动囚禁冷离子.从囚禁冷离子的运动基态出发获得压缩相干态、压缩奇偶相干态、压缩真空态等一系列的振动数态的叠加态.结果表明,只要适当地调节各个所用激光脉冲的长度和相位,总能很好逼近所需要的压缩量子态. 关键词： 囚禁冷离子 激光脉冲 压缩量子态     

Dynamic Alignment of D2 Enhanced by Two Few-cycle Pulses

利用数值方法求解D2分子刚性转子模型在超短飞秒激光脉冲作用下的薛定谔方程,计算了双原子分子D2在两束固定强度的飞秒激光脉冲作用下,延迟时间对于分子取向的影响.结果表明,只要选取合适的延迟时间,就能很好改善分子取向;保持两束激光强度不变,通过调整两束脉冲的宽度,选择合适的延迟时间能够进一步有效提高D2分子的取向程度.     

Polarization-enhanced bulk photovoltaic effect of BiFeO3 epitaxial film under standard solar illumination

In this Letter, we report the polarization-enhanced bulk photovoltaic effect (BPV) in pristine BiFeO₃ (BFO) epitaxial film under standard 1 sun AM 1.5 G illumination. High-quality epitaxial BFO films are grown on (001)-oriented niobium doped-SrTiO₃ substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The best BFO film based photovoltaic device achieves a power conversion efficiency of 0.0062% under standard illumination. Besides, it is found that the number of bipolar pulses plays a key role in improving the short-circuit current density and open-circuit voltage. These results are beneficial for further understanding of physical origin of the photovoltaic properties in ferroelectric oxides.     

利用相位步进脉冲消除探头13C NMR背景信号

由静态探头线圈外有机材料产生的¹³C NMR背景信号强度大，化学位移范围广（δ_C 20~250），此背景信号在交叉极化实验中还可被增强，并随着样品信号的累积而累积，严重影响谱图分析.将相位步进脉冲引入交叉极化实验（称为PIPCP）中可以有效去除经交叉极化增强的¹³C NMR背景信号，但样品信号不受影响.这是由于经过相位步进脉冲后，线圈外相位严重畸变，而且线圈外锁定场强度急剧降低，来自探头材料的¹³C NMR背景信号无法有效地进行交叉极化.而对于被测样品甘氨酸来说，由于I核和S核之间强烈的偶极耦合作用，所加相位步进脉冲对锁定场强度的影响只有1.4%.     

Experimental research on the localized electrochemical micro-machining

Due to several advantages and wider range of applications, micro-ECM is considered to be one of the most effective advanced future micromachining techniques. An experimental set-up for micro-ECM is constructed, which consists of various components and sub-systems, e.g. mechanical machining unit, nanosecond pulse power supply, circulation system of electrolyte, movement control component and process monitoring component. In addition, this system has the functions of fabricating micro tool electrode and machining status detection. Using the self-developed experimental system, the micro tool-electrode and the micro holes are sequentially machined. Upon the application of ultrashort voltage pulses, micro hole with 20μm diameter is obtained. Experimental results show the potential capability of electrochemical micromachining for better machining accuracy and smaller machining size. Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 998–1003. The text was submitted by the authors in English.