基于人工神经网络在线学习方法优化磁屏蔽特性参数

磁屏蔽在磁场敏感的装置如原子钟、原子干涉仪等精密设备中发挥重要的作用,在变化外磁场下的某个磁屏蔽内部剩余磁场,可以通过Jiles-Atherton磁滞模型和磁屏蔽系数计算得出,根据计算结果可以进行主动补偿来抵消内部磁场的改变.然而实际应用中磁滞模型中五个与磁屏蔽相关的参数以及磁场衰减的两个参数的准确值的获得是比较困难的,通常根据实测磁滞回线人工匹配调节参数会花费大量时间且很难确保最终参数是全局最优值.基于人工神经网络的机器学习方法已经成为一种对复杂模型进行参数优化的有效手段,得益于现代计算机强大的运算能力,该过程通常远远快于人工参数调节,并有更大概率找到全局最优值,获得优于手工调节的参数值.本文利用人工神经网络在线机器学习的方法,对磁滞模型的五个参数与磁屏蔽的另外两个屏蔽相关参数进行优化测定,并对模拟卫星磁场环境下磁屏蔽内剩余磁场进行预测.通过实际测量屏蔽筒内剩余磁场与预测值比对,发现通过机器学习方法得到的磁屏蔽特性参数优于手动找到的参数,且所用时间大大缩短.该结果不仅有助于更好地进行磁场补偿,用于冷原子系统参数优化调整,更重要的是验证了神经网络在多参数物理系统中的应用,可以使其他多参数共同作用的物理实验进行最优参数的快速确定.     

Optimization of temperature characteristics of a transportable ~(87)Rb atomic fountain clock

A high-performance transportable fountain clock is attractive for use in laboratories with high-precision time-frequency measurement requirements. This Letter reports the improvement of the stability of a transportable rubidium-87 fountain clock because of an optimization of temperature characteristics. This clock integrates its physical packaging, optical benches, microwave frequency synthesizers, and electronic controls onto an easily movable wheeled plate. Two optical benches with a high-vibration resistance are realized in this work. No additional adjustment is required after moving them several times. The Allan deviation of the fountain clock frequency was measured by comparing it with that of the hydrogen maser. The fountain clock got a short-term stability of 2.3 × 10~(-13) at 1 s and long-term stability on the order of 10~(-16) at 100,000 s.     

基于原位探测的空间冷原子钟的性能分析

在空间微重力环境下,应用激光冷却技术的空间冷原子钟有望获得更高精度的时间频率基准。提出了一种基于原位探测的新型空间冷原子钟方案,在开展冷原子俘获、冷却、选态、两次微波探寻与量子态探测等过程中,冷原子都保持在微波腔中,这种设计可以使单个原子钟的周期更短,微波探寻过程有更大的时间占空比,也能使原子钟的整体结构更加紧凑。在使用Boitier a Vieillissement Ameliore (BVA)晶振作为本振的条件下,从Dick效应与量子投影噪声两方面对原子钟的稳定度进行分析预估,然后分析了影响冷原子钟不确定的来源与估值,结果表明:基于原位探测的空间冷原子钟有望达到5.9×10~(-14)τ~(-1/2)的稳定度以及1×10~(-16)的不确定度,该结果优于当前使用BVA晶振作为本振的其他冷原子微波钟的性能。     

基于光纤激光放大倍频的冷原子钟光源

用于激光冷却与原子布居数探测的激光光源是冷原子钟的重要组成部分,选用工业技术成熟的1560 nm光纤激光器和光纤放大器分别作为种子源和光放大器,经非线性倍频晶体对放大后的激光进行倍频,得到较大功率的780 nm的激光,通过饱和吸收稳频得到冷却激光,一部分冷却激光利用电光调制器和声光调制器移频6.8 GHz得到重泵浦激光,对上述激光进行适当的功率分配后提供给冷原子钟。对该套激光装置关键器件进行了特性测试,将稳频后的倍频激光与锁定在超稳激光上的光学频率梳进行拍频,得到的激光的线宽在74 kHz左右,其短期稳定度比外腔半导体激光器提高半个多数量级。将这样的激光光源应用于冷原子钟,可以减小探测激光频率噪声对喷泉钟稳定度的限制。     

Loss of cold atoms due to collisions with residual gases in free flight in a magneto-optical trap

The loss rate of cold atoms in a trap due to residual gas collisions differs from that in a free state after the cold atoms are released from the trap. In this paper, the loss rate in a cold rubidium-87 atom cloud was measured in a magneto-optical trap(MOT) and during its free flight. The residual gas pressure was analyzed by a residual gas analyzer, and the pressure distribution in a vacuum chamber was numerically calculated by the angular coefficient method. The decay factor, which describes the decay behavior of cold atoms due to residual gas collisions during a free flight, was calculated. It was found that the decay factor agrees well with theoretical predictions under various vacuum conditions.