Direct measurement of the surface dynamics of supercooled liquid-glycerol by optical scanning a film

The surface dynamics of supercooled liquid-glycerol is studied by scanning the thickness of the glycerol film with single photon detection. Measurements are performed at room temperature well above the glycerol's glass transition temperature. It is shown that the surface dynamics of the glycerol film is very sensitive to the temperature. The linear relationship between the thickness of the film and the viscosity predicted by the Vogel--Fulcher--Tammann--Hesse (VFTH) law is also presented experimentally.     

Appropriate Gate Time for Single Molecular Photon Detection Based on Optimal Signal-to-Noise Ratio Analyses

Signal-to-noise ratio of fluorescence detection from a single molecule ＆ analysed by using time-gated techniques. It is found that the optimal signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained by choosing an appropriate gate time with a certain optical background. The dependences of molecular fluorescence lifetime and the optimal signal-to-noise ratio on the appropriate gate time are respectively discussed with two kinds of background sources~ chaotic state with uniform distribution and coherent state with exponential distribution in time domain. For chaotic state background we find that a certain range for appropriate gate time can be obtained with a definite fluorescence lifetime, larger fluorescence lifetime would lower the value of optimal signal-to-noise ratios. For coherent state background we find that there is also a narrow range of appropriate gate time when lifetime of single molecule is less than that of background photons.     

单分子光子源信号背景比的研究

通过在不同信号背景比下的最佳信号噪声比分析,讨论单分子光子源背景信号分别为时间均匀分布和指数特性分布时同步取样时间的选取.在Hanbury-Brown-Twiss探测方式下,测量光子源的单事件光子统计概率P(n,n=0、1、2).研究给出在P(1)2P(2)-3P(2)时,直接测量单分子光子源的信号背景比的方法SBR=[P(1)]2/2P(2).当信号背景比SBR>2.41时研究给出判别单分子的方法P(2)<(2-4-2n-)2/2,n为每个激发周期内探测到的平均光子数.     

Photon statistics measurement for coherent fields

An efficient scheme for photon statistics measurement is presented based on the Hanbury-Brown-Twiss configuration. We set the sampling time Ts to satisfy the relationship of Ts 〈 Td 〈 Tm, where Td is the dead time of each detector and Tm is the laser pulse repetition period. And each single photon detector cannot detect more than one photon in each pulse. The approach can sufficiently eliminate the influences of the detector＇s dead time on photon statistics. At last, the photon statistics of coherent field is experimentally determined.     

基于光电双开关的单光子同步探测

提出了一种基于光电双开关进行同步测量单光子的方法.这种测量方法能够有效抑制背景光以及由背景光引起的后脉冲和死时间对单光子测量的影响,有效地减少了单光子探测中的误计数,改善了单光子测量的信噪比.同时,避免了单光子探测器通常工作在门控电压方式下产生自发光子辐射的缺点.     

Dominant wing spectroscopy of energy pooling collisions near the boundary layer involving thermal caesium vapour

We have observed the dominant wing spectroscopy of energy pooling collision near the boundary layer involving Cs atoms under the condition of moderate-to-high optical depths at line-centre. It appears from our experimental investigations that the energy-pooling fluorescence presents about 16 spectral lines, and all the lines can be assigned to the Cs atomic transitions. We find that all lines of the energy-pooling retrofluorescence from the heated Cs atomic vapour cell show two-peak profiles. In addition, its pumping power linear dependence in the energy pooling process has been measured and analysed.