Deceleration of a continuous-wave （CW） molecular beam with a single quasi-CW semi-Gaussian laser beam

We propose a promising scheme to decelerate a CW molecular beam by using a red-detuned quasi-cw semi-Gaussian laser beam （SGB）. We study the dynamical process of the deceleration for a CW deuterated ammonia （ND3） molecular beam by Monte-Carlo simulation method. Our study shows that we can obtain a ND3 molecular beam with a relative average kinetic energy loss of about 10% and a relative output molecular number of more than 90% by using a single quasi-cw SGB with a power of 1.5kW and a maximum optical well depth of 7.33mK.     

弱场中光抽运极化Eu原子束的制备

自五十年代首次实现光抽运技术以来,人们用它已对多种原子进行了极化原子束制备的研究[1～5],但所有这些工作只是以相对简单的碱金属原子为对象,而对价电子数大于1的复杂原子的极化原子束的制备目前尚未见报道.描述了用一台连续波染料激光器对复杂原子Eu进行了弱场制备极化原子束的实验研究,得到了较满意的结果.     

Study on the possibilities of controlling the laser output beam properties by an intracavity deformable mirror

The possibilities of controlling the laser beam properties by a deformable mirror introduced into the laser optical cavity were studied theoretically and experimentally. The experiments were performed under conditions of an industrial high power transverse flow cw CO₂ laser operating with a stable resonator of a folded configuration. A deformable bimorph mirror of a surface profile controlled by the voltage applied to the mirror electrodes is implemented to the laser system as a back cavity mirror or as a one of the inner folding mirrors. The near-and far-field characteristics of the laser beam versus the resonator configuration controlled by the changes of the focal length of the deformable mirror are discussed in the paper. The analysis reveals that the resonator with an inner deformable mirror is much more sensitive to the mirror curvature variations than the resonator in which the deformable mirror is used as a back cavity mirror. The presented results show that dynamic and controllable changes in the resonator properties result in the controlled modification and optimisation of the laser output power and spatial parameters of the laser radiation.     

Electron and plasma stream reflection at a nonadiabatic mirror

Experimental investigations of the phenomena occurring when low density electron and plasma beams are injected into a nonadiabatic magnetic mirror are presented. Effects of nonadiabaticity and mirror ratio on the reflectivity of the magnetic mirror are measured. Transition of the mirror from adiabatic to strongly nonadiabatic results in setting up of a potential barrier which enhances the reflectivity.     

基于表面等离激元场的分子反射镜的理论研究

本文提出了一种基于微纳金属膜结构激发的表面等离激元场的分子反射镜新方案,利用中性分子与金属表面垂直方向上蓝失谐消逝波光场之间的偶极力相互作用,实现入射分子束的表面反射.理论计算了表面等离激元场的空间分布,用蒙特卡洛方法模拟了分子在该场中运动的动力学过程,得到了分子反射镜的反射率与相互作用时间和入射光强之间的关系.结果表明:当入射激光脉宽为10 ns,光强为I=1.0×109W/cm2时,纵向温度为10 mK,横向温度为1 mK的碘分子束反射效率达到55.89%,而且反射率随着入射光强的增大而增大.     

The enhanced nonlinear stimulated emission effect of an atomic beam by using an injection Fabry-Perot spherical cavity

When a high-intensity laser beam passes through a resonant atomic beam,non-linear stimulated emission effect will be produced.This effect can be enhanced up to two or-ders of magnitude by using an injection Fabry-Perot cavity.Experiments show that thismethod has high measuring contrast and high spectral resolution when it is used to measure thehyperfine absorption lines of atomic beams.     

圆形高斯镜平凹腔腔镜倾斜时光场模式分析

运用边界元素法把圆形高斯镜平凹腔的自再现模的衍射积分方程转化为有限阶矩阵方程。计算了谐振腔在理想情况和高斯反射率平面输出镜倾斜情况下基模的场强分布、相位分布和本征值。研究表明,腔镜倾斜使激光场模式分布沿发生倾斜的方向向镜边缘偏移,而且在腔镜倾斜较严重时模式分布发生畸变,不再是对称的拉盖尔-高斯基模分布。基模本征值随倾斜角增大而变小,光束远场分布变差。减小高斯分布反射率的膜斑半径,则能减弱因倾斜引起的模式畸变。     

以慢原子束方式进行原子转移的双磁光阱系统

建立了一套用于玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚实验的铷原子双磁光阱装置.从低速强源中获得慢原子束，向超高真空磁光阱进行原子转移.低速强源磁光阱与超高真空磁光阱之间可维持3个量级的压强差,超高真空磁光阱的真空度最高可达1×10^-9 Pa. 慢原子束的束流通量达1×10⁹/s. 约4×10⁸个⁸⁷Rb原子被装载到超高真空磁光阱中.还讨论了两种典型情况下磁光阱中装载的最大原子数.     

亚稳态氦原子束在纳米结构制作中的应用

介绍两种用亚稳态氦原子束制作纳米结构的新方法。亚稳态原子束从原子源喷出后首先对其进行横向激光冷却,准直后的原子束穿过与之垂直的激光驻波场时发生淬火过程,原子的密度分布出现沟道化效应,给出基于光掩模制作纳米图形的基本原理、理论分析及模拟结果。介绍基于物理掩模制作纳米图形的原理和SAM抗蚀剂,利用沉积在基底上的亚稳态原子破坏基底上的SAM膜,结合刻蚀技术可制作出纳米量级的图形。     

Evaporative cooling of an atomic beam

We present a theoretical analysis of the evaporative cooling of an atomic beam propagating in a magnetic guide. Cooling is provided by transverse evaporation. The atomic dynamics inside the guide is analyzed by solving the Boltzmann equation with two different approaches: an approximate analytical ansatz and a Monte-Carlo simulation. Within their domain of validity, these two methods are found to be in very good agreement with each other. They allow us to determine how the phase-space density and the flux of the beam vary along its direction of propagation. We find a significant increase for the phase-space density along the guide for realistic experimental parameters. By extrapolation, we estimate the length of the beam needed to reach quantum degeneracy. Received 24 September 1999