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.     

An all-optical phase detector by amplitude modulation of the local field in a Rydberg atom-based mixer

Recently, a Rydberg atom-based mixer was developed to measure the phase of a radio frequency (RF) field. The phase of the signal RF (SIG RF) field is down-converted directly to the phase of a beat signal created by the presence of a local RF (LO RF) field. In this study, we propose that the Rydberg atom-based mixer can be converted to an all-optical phase detector by amplitude modulation (AM) of the LO RF field; that is, the phase of the SIG RF field is related to both the amplitude and phase of the beat signal. When the AM frequency of the LO RF field is the same as the frequency of the beat signal, the beat signal will further interfere with the AM of the LO RF field inside the atom, and then the amplitude of the beat signal is related to the phase of the SIG RF field. The amplitude of the beat signal and the phase of the SIG RF field show a linear relationship within the range of 0 to π/2 when the phase of the AM is set with a difference π/4 from the phase of the LO RF field. The minimum phase resolution can be as small as 0.6° by optimizing the experimental conditions according to a simple theoretical model. This study will expand and contribute to the development of RF measurement devices based on Rydberg atoms.