Generation and storage of double slow light pulses in a solid

We experimentally study the generation and storage of double slow light pulses in a Pr³⁺:Y₂SiO₅ crystal. Under electromagnetically induced transparency, a single signal pulse is stored in the spin coherence of the crystal. By simultaneously switching on two control fields to recall the stored information, the spin coherence is converted into two slow light pulses with distinct frequencies. Furthermore, the storage and controlled retrieval of double slow light pulses are obtained by manipulating the control fields. This study of double slow light pulses may have practical applications in information processing and all-optical networks. vspace2mm     

大气湍流中超短高斯激光脉冲的时间域展宽模型研究

穿过大气湍流的高斯激光脉冲在时间域的展宽行为与高斯脉冲通过理想高斯滤波器后的时域展宽行为相似。因此,为了激光通信信道仿真的需要,提出用级联巴特沃斯滤波器来逼近理想高斯滤波器的方法对这种时间域上的展宽行为进行建模。逼近后的高斯滤波器的3dB频率点与大气湍流的物理参数(包括折射率结构常数和湍流外尺度)和传播几何路径长度联系在一起,从而将高斯脉冲的展宽与所通过的大气湍流环境参数相结合并得到了模拟高斯脉冲展宽的解析表达式。该模型和由模型参数表示的高斯脉冲展宽的解析表达式不仅在湍流弱起伏区有效,而且在从弱起伏到中等起伏再到强起伏的整个区域中都有效。     

岩石材料的冲击开裂机理

基于爆燃压裂造缝原理,研制了可以模拟爆燃加载环境的岩石冲击开裂实验装置,为进行动载下的岩石开裂机理研究提供了实验手段。根据动量和能量守衡原理等,建立了冲击峰值压力和加压速率计算模型,模型计算结果与16次钢质岩心实验结果间平均相对误差分别为2.56%和4.04%,具有较高的精度。39次岩石冲击开裂实验结果分析表明,冲击能量和平均加压速率是影响岩石开裂以及开裂能否形成多条裂缝的主要因素;多条开裂裂缝的形成更大程度上取决于平均加压速率,且存在明显的临界平均加压速率;基于实验结果的灰色关联分析和多元二次多项式回归,建立的裂缝条数计算相关公式具有较高的精度,为油气田开发中爆燃压裂技术的机理研究和施工参数设计与控制提供重要的依据。     

超快激光的新前沿—阿秒科学

超短脉冲激光正在进行着从飞秒（1fs=10^-15s)向阿秒（1attosecond=10^-18s)的跨越,这一跨越对于激光原理和激光应用来说都有很重要的意义,文章通过阿秒脉冲与飞秒脉冲比较来介绍超快激光的新前沿－阿秒科学,包括阿秒科学的诞生,现状以及由于阿秒脉冲的产生而出现的阿秒科学的概况 。     

Quantum Dynamics of a Single Trapped Ion Interacting with Standing Laser Pulses

A classically chaotic system consisting of a Paul trapped ion and a sequences of standing laser pulses is treated quantum-mechanically. Under the circumstance of time-dependence, we derive the transition probability from the ion‘s motional state n to n‘, and find, in the first-order approximation, the classically chaotic character disappears.Theoretical analysis and numerical calculations show that by regulating the phase parameter Ф we can control thetransition probability. When Ф reaches some specific values, the transition from the state n to n‘ is forbidden and, for some laser periods, resonance occurs, which leads to the corresponding transitions between different motional states.The time-evolution of an initial motional state |ψz) just over one period is also studied in detail.     

The Spectral Intensity of the Plasma of Single and Double Laser Pulses

We compare radiation of plasma flares produced on exposure of metals to laser radiation in a monopulse generation mode in the case of single and double pulses with change in air pressure. For double pulses, we established an increase in the duration and intensity of the radiation of spectral lines and also an analogy between the change in their intensities and those of single pulses obtained at a reduced air pressure.     

Estimation of the Refractive Index Change in Glass Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.     

轴向加速管—一种新的高功率微波源

 提出一种新的高功率微波源器件——轴向加速管,与径向加速管比较,有两点不同：在二极管/共振腔后加了一个加速区及将径向加速改为轴向加速。研究了这种器件中电子束的群聚和辐射。发现在二极管与共振腔结合的系统里,电子束可实现理想群聚,各次谐波电流在非相对论条件下可达到初始电流的5.6倍。通过电子束再加速和仔细设计提取腔,可望得到可调频率和高功率的微波脉冲。     

Echo-Planar Imaging of Porous Media with Spatial Resolution below 100 μm

A modified version of the echo-planar imaging technique incorporating a Carr–Purcell train of 180° rf pulses (PEPI) has been implemented on a standard spectrometer. It is demonstrated that artifacts in the image due to cumulative errors in the rf field can be reduced by replacing each 180° pulse by a composite sequence of three rf pulses. Artifact-free 3D images at 94 μm voxel resolution are obtained within 15 min. This technique has been applied to study the drying process in an initially water-saturated model porous medium with characteristicT^*₂of order 700 μs.     

Atmospheric Plasma Sterilization and Deodorization of Dielectric Surfaces

A method is presented for rapid and uniform sterilization and deodorization of dielectric surfaces. The technology is applicable to the inside surface of PET or glass bottles, polymer caps, plastic tubes, etc. The treatment is based on a pulsed RF discharge in air at atmospheric pressure (eventually with addition of argon) creating a nonequilibrium plasma on the treated surface. The plasma effectively destroys microorganisms in vegetative or sporulent form. It also slightly etches the polymeric material, removing some atomic layers and, thereby, cleaning it from aromatic organic components (deodorization). The process is short: PET bottles 1.5 L, in particular, can be treated in about 20 msec. The results of surface analysis and microbiological, chromatography, and spectroscopy tests are discussed. A device has been developed and integrated into an industrial-filling machine for online sterilization and deodorization of the inside surface of PET bottles before filling, and for sterilization of caps and bottle necks before seaming. It allows cold asceptic filling at a rate of 36,000 bottles per hour.