Two-frequency amplification in a semiconductor tapered amplifier for cold atom experiments

Simultaneous two-frequency amplification is highly desirable in cold atom experiments. The nonlinear response would appear in the two-frequency amplification with a semiconductor tapered amplifier(TA) and has a direct influence on the experimental result. We investigated in detail the effects of frequency difference, total power, and power ratio of two seeding lasers on the output components based on a simplified theoretical model. The simulation results showed that the multiple sideband generation in the amplifier due to self-phase and amplitude modulation could be suppressed and the TA tended to linearly amplify the power ratio between two-frequency components, when the two seeding lasers had a large frequency difference. This was verified experimentally in the output power ratio measurement via a calibrated Fabry-Perot interferometer method with a good linearity and an uncertainty of 1%. We also discussed the consequences of power ratio responses in the amplification in light of cold atom experiments, especially in the ac Stark shift related phase error of Raman-type atom interferometers(AIs). It was shown that the fluctuation of intensity ratio of Raman beams may induce significant systematic errors for an AI gyroscope.     

一种低速、连续、单色性好的冷原子束

本文提出一种利用磁光阱冷却捕获技术制备低速、连续、单色性好原子束的方法及技术.采用3维磁光阱从背景Rb蒸汽中捕获Rb87原子进行冷却、捕获形成原子云团,利用在纵向方向上结构设计的小孔将冷原子云团推出形成冷原子束,并在原子束行进方向上采用2维光学黏胶对原子束进行准直,采用态制备激光对其进行态制备,全部制备到Rb87原子的基态能级|F=1>上,从而为原子惯性技术(原子干涉仪、原子重力仪、原子加速度计)、原子频标(原子钟)提供低速、连续、单色性好的原子束.文章对于制备技术的实验系统及实验结果进行了详细的阐述.     

Characterization of a velocity-tunable 87Rb cold atomic source with a high-speed imaging technology

This paper has developed and characterized a method to produce a velocity-tunable 87 Rb cold atomic source for atomic interferometry application.Using a high speed fluorescence imaging technology,it reports that the dynamic process of the atomic source formation is observed and the source performances including the flux and the initial velocity are characterized.A tunable atomic source with the initial velocity of 1.4～2.6 m/s and the atomic source flux of 2 × 10 8 ～ 6 × 10 9 atoms/s has been obtained with the built experimental setup.     

Atomic magnetometer with microfabricated vapor cells based on coherent population trapping

An atomic magnetometer based on coherent population trapping(CPT) resonances in microfabricated vapor cells is demonstrated. Fabricated by the micro-electro-mechanical-system(MEMS) technology, the cells are filled with Rb and Ne at a controlled pressure. An experimental apparatus is built for characterizing properties of microfabricated vapor cells via the CPT effects. The typical CPT linewidth is measured to be about 3 k Hz(1.46 k Hz with approximately zero laser intensity) for the rubidium D1 line at about 90℃. The effects of pressure, temperature and laser intensity on CPT linewidth are studied experimentally. A closed-loop atomic magnetometer is finally finished with a sensitivity of 210.5 p T/Hz1/2 at 1 Hz bandwidth. This work paves the way for developing an integrated chip-scale atomic magnetometer in the future.     

Investigation of the nonlinear CPT spectrum of ~(87)Rb and its application for large dynamic magnetic measurement

The coherent population trapping(CPT) phenomenon has found widespread application in quantum precision measurements. Various designs based on the narrow resonant spectrum corresponding to the linear Zeeman effect have been demonstrated to achieve high performance. In this article, the nonlinear Zeeman split of the CPT spectrum of ~(87)Rb in the lin||lin setup is investigated. We observe re-split phenomenon for both magnetic sensitive and magnetic insensitive CPT resonant lines at a large magnetic field. The re-split in the magnetic sensitive lines raises a practical problem to magnetometers worked in the lin||lin setup while the other one shows a good potential for applications in large magnetic field. We propose a design based on the nonlinear split of the magnetic insensitive lines and test its performance. It provides a much larger measurement range compared to the linear one, offering an option for atomic magnetometers where a large dynamic range is preferred.     

Tuning the velocity and flux of a low-velocity intense source of cold atomic beam

We investigate experimentally and numerically the quantitative dependence of characteristics of a low-velocity intensity source(LVIS) of atomic beam on light parameters, especially the polarization of cooling laser along the atomic beam axis(pushing beam). By changing the polarization of the pushing beam, the longitudinal mean velocity of a rubidium atomic beam can be tuned continuously from 10 to 20 m/s and the flux can range from 3 × 10~8 to 1 × 10~9 atoms/s, corresponding to the maximum sensitivity of the velocity with respect to the polarization angle of 20(m/s)/rad and the mean sensitivity of flux of 1.2 × 10~9(atoms/s)/rad. The mechanism is explained with a Monte-Carlo based numerical simulation method, which shows a qualitative agreement with the experimental result. This is also a demonstration of a method enabling the fast and continuous modulation of a low-velocity intense source of cold atomic beam on the velocity or flux,which can be used in many fields, like the development of a cold atomic beam interferometer and atom lithography.     

冷原子穿越激光束的量子隧穿时间

原子通过激光冷却技术能够被制备在低温状态，这时冷原子云会展现出量子力学的波动性.研究了一束冷原子入射到一个蓝失谐的激光束上所表现出的量子力学隧穿效应.蓝失谐的激光束相对于冷原子而言等效于一个量子力学势垒.根据二能级模型，在理论上分析了具有内部结构的原子矢量物质波穿过激光束的量子力学反射与透射，特别是对原子穿越激光束所需的时间——量子隧穿时间进行了详细的研究.量子力学波动性使得冷原子穿越一个激光束时明显地展现出与经典粒子(热原子)不同的结果. 关键词： 冷原子 原子光学 量子隧穿     

微流体驱动与控制技术研究进展

随着微流体系统,尤其是生物芯片和缩微芯片实验室(lab-on-a-chip)技术的发展,微米乃至纳米尺度构件中流体的驱动与控制技术越来越引起人们的注意.由于微流体流动的影响因素众多,它的驱动和控制技术,与宏观流体相比,更为复杂和多样化.本文首先结合流体的驱动和控制技术,并着眼于微观与宏观的不同,对微流体的流动特性进行了分析,然后对目前微流体驱动与控制技术的研究进展进行了总结,对各种微流体的驱动和控制技术进行了对比,并对他们各自的优缺点进行了分析和讨论.      

利用原子干涉仪的相位调制进行绝对转动测量

提出一种基于原子干涉仪的相位调制进行绝对转动测量的方法.以π/2-π-π/2构型的空间型原子干涉仪为例，通过对拉曼激光进行相位调制，然后在动量谱空间测量转动对原子速度谱的调制周期，获得原子干涉仪相对惯性空间的绝对转动.文章对于采用该法进行角速度测量的测量范围以及对相位调制频率的要求进行了分析，对于散粒噪声限下的转动测量灵敏度及其影响因素进行了仿真.     

Widely tunable laser frequency offset locking to the atomic resonance line with frequency modulation spectroscopy

A simple and robust technique is reported to offset lock a single semiconductor laser to the atom resonance line with a frequency difference easily adjustable from a few tens of megahertz up to tens of gigahertz. The proposed scheme makes use of the frequency modulation spectroscopy by modulating sidebands of a fiber electro-optic modulator output. The short-term performances of a frequency offset locked semiconductor laser are experimentally demonstrated with the Allan variance of around 3.9 × 10~(-11) at a 2 s integration time. This method may have many applications, such as in Raman optics for an atom interferometer.