Laser frequency offset-locking using electromagnetically induced transparency spectroscopy of ~(85)Rb in magnetic field

We have experimentally offset-locked the frequencies of two lasers using electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT) spectroscopy of ~(85)Rb vapor with a buffer gas in a magnetic field at room temperature. The magnetic field is generated by a permanent magnet mounted on a translation stage and its field magnitude can be varied by adjusting the distance between the magnet and Rb cell, which maps the laser locking frequency to the space position of the magnet. This frequency-space mapping technique provides an unambiguous daily laser frequency detuning operation with high accuracy.A repeatability of less than 0.5 MHz is achieved with the locking frequency detuned up to 184 MHz when the magnetic field varies from 0 up to 80 G.     

用于全光铯原子磁力仪的激光器稳频技术研究

全光铯原子磁力仪是采用光学的方法实现微弱磁场检测,激光频率稳定性直接影响磁力仪的灵敏度。分析了二向色性原子蒸气激光频率锁定(Dichroic atomic vapor laser lock DAVLL)技术用于稳定激光器频率的原理,及其在全光原子磁力仪中的应用优势,发现通常的二能级原子模型不适用于分析铯原子D2线的稳频。实验测量了不同磁场下铯原子D2线基态Fg=4和Fg=3跃迁的DAVLL光谱,发现16mT是实现DAVLL稳频的最佳磁场;在此磁场附近,基态Fg=4跃迁鉴频曲线零点相对于Fg=4→Fe=5跃迁会产生6MHz/mT的线性频移,基态Fg=3跃迁鉴频曲线零点相对于Fg=3→Fe=4线会产生-9MHz/mT的线性频移。     

铯原子气室中D2线泵浦探测光谱的实验观测

在铯原子气室中采用偏振方向相互垂直且同向传播的线偏泵浦光和探测光，研究了铯原子D2线的泵浦探测光谱。由于在6 S1/2 F=3 – 6 P3/2 F’=2 超精细跃迁中存在多个L型塞曼子能级结构，从而产生了电磁诱导透明导致的吸收减弱；而在6 S1/2 F=4 – 6 P3/2 F’=5 超精细跃迁中则观测到了电磁诱导吸收。通过改变泵浦光的失谐量，在电磁诱导透明形成的吸收减弱凹陷和电磁诱导吸收产生的吸收增强峰内部均观察到了反常的吸收信号反转。     

Laser frequency stabilization for atom cooling and magnetic-field compression of the trap

We report a frequency stabilization technique of a diode laser in a Doppler-free atomic transition used for obtaining the magneto-optical trapping of Rb atoms. This technique, based on side locking to an atomic transition using a servo controller, is very simple and can be implemented straightforwardly to lock the laser at the red detuned frequency position required for laser cooling experiments. The number of trapped atoms and the temperature of the cold cloud have been determined. The effect of trapping the magnetic field on the cloud radius has also been analyzed.     

49S里德堡态的射频双光子光谱

在室温铯原子蒸气池中, 由铯原子基态、激发态和里德堡态构建了阶梯型三能级系统, 研究了里德堡原子阶梯型三能级系统的电磁感应透明(EIT). 在实现电磁感应透明的基础上, 利用16.9 GHz的射频电场耦合相邻的原子里德堡态, 实现49S_1/2→47D_3/2的双光子跃迁, 测量了里德堡原子的射频双光子光谱, 观察到了电磁感应透明光谱的分裂, 进一步研究了电场强度对射频双光子光谱的影响. 利用里德堡原子的EIT效应可实现对射频电场幅值和极化的精密测量, 具有潜在的应用前景.     

弱射频场中Rydberg原子的电磁感应透明

在铯原子室温蒸气池中研究了弱射频场中Rydberg原子阶梯型三能级系统的电磁感应透明(EIT)效应.铯原子基态6S_(1/2)、第一激发态6P_(3/2)和Rydberg 48D_(5/2)态形成阶梯型三能级系统,探测光共振作用于6S_(1/2)(F=4)→6P_(3/2)(F′=5)的跃迁,耦合光在Rydberg跃迁线6P_(3/2)(F′=5)→48D_(5/2)附近扫描,形成Rydberg原子EIT.当对铯原子施加一个80 MHz的弱射频电场时,48D_(5/2)Rydberg原子的EIT光谱发生Stark频移和分裂,同时产生由射频场调制Rydberg能级的偶数级边带,测量结果与Floquet理论模拟的结果相符合.同时,改变弱射频电场的频率研究了铯Rydberg能级的自电离效应对Rydberg原子Stark谱的影响,据此,我们提出将电极板置于铯原子蒸气池内的方案以减少自电离效应的影响.在弱射频Stark谱中,mj=5/2的Stark谱与mj=1/2,3/2的二级边带形成多个能级交叉,这些能级交叉点提供了一种基于原子的精确校准射频电场的新方法.     

High quality electromagnetically induced transparency spectroscopy of ~(87)Rb in a buffer gas cell with a magnetic field

We have studied the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT) of ~(87)Rb vapor with a buffer gas in a magnetic field at room temperature. It is found that the spectral lines caused by the velocity selective optical pump effects get much weaker and wider when the sample cell is mixed with a 5-Torr N_2 gas while the EIT signal is kept almost unchanged. A weighted least-square fit is also developed to remove the Doppler broadening completely. This spectral method provides a way to measure the Zeeman splitting with high resolution, for example, the Λ-type EIT resonance splits into four peaks on the D_2 line of ~(87)Rb in the thermal 2-cm vapor cell with a magnetic field along the electric field of the linearly polarized coupling laser. The high-resolution spectrum can be used to lock the laser to a given frequency by tuning the magnetic field.     

铯原子nP_(3/2)(n=70—94)里德伯态的紫外单光子激发及量子亏损测量

基于成熟的光纤激光器、光纤放大器及高效激光频率转换技术,我们在实验中研制了一套瓦级输出的窄线宽连续波单频可调谐318.6 nm紫外激光系统,并在室温铯原子气室中实现了6S_(1/2)—nP_(3/2)(n=70—94)单光子跃迁里德伯激发.借助由铯原子6S_(1/2)(F=4)基态、6P_(3/2)(F′=5)激发态和nP_(3/2)(n=70—94)里德伯态构成的V型三能级系统,通过频率锁定于铯原子6S_(1/2)(F=4)—6P_(3/2)(F′=5)超精细跃迁的852.3 nm探测光束的吸收减弱信号获得了里德伯态的信息,并利用高精度波长计测量了铯原子nP_(3/2)(n=70—94)里德伯态的量子亏损值.经过与理论计算值的变化趋势进行对比,我们认为由于原子气室的里德伯屏蔽效应并不能完全屏蔽外部直流电场,铯原子气室内存在残余的直流电场,影响了对里德伯态的量子亏损值的实验测量.利用残余直流电场的Stark效应理论模型及其与有效主量子数n*的依赖关系,对铯原子里德伯态的量子亏损实验测量值进行了修正.修正后的铯原子nP_(3/2)(n=70—94)态量子亏损测量值为3.5591±0.0007,与理论计算值相吻合.     

Evidence for Stark induced frequency shift in a CH3F fir laser

We report the first direct measurement of the frequency shift induced by the application of an electric field to an optically pumped CH₃F far infrared laser. These shifts are obtained only if the laser resonator is slightly detuned, so that the electric field enhances the cavity pulling effects. The maximum Stark coefficient we observed is about 2 kHz/(Volt/cm), fairly sufficient to allow FM modulation or fast laser frequency stabilization.     

Rydberg原子nS1/2→(n+1)S1/2双光子激发EIT-AT光谱

主要研究了热原子蒸气池中铯Rydberg原子nS_1/2→(n+1)S_1/2微波耦合的双光子光谱.铯原子基态(6S_1/2)、第一激发态(6P_3/2)、Rydberg态(69S_1/2)形成阶梯型三能级系统,弱探测光作用于基态到激发态6S_1/2→6P_3/2的跃迁,强耦合光则作用于6P_3/2→69S_1/2的Rydberg跃迁形成电磁感应透明(EIT)效应,实现对Rydberg原子的光学探测.频率fMW=11.735 GHz的微波场耦合69S_1/2→70S_1/2的Rydberg跃迁,形成微波双光子光谱.利用EIT-AT分裂光谱研究微波电场强度对双光子光谱的影响.研究表明:在强微波场作用时,EIT-AT分裂与微波场功率成正比,而弱微波场时的EIT-AT分裂与微波场功率成非线性依赖关系,理论计算与实验测量结果相一致.本文的研究对微波电场的精密测量具有一定的指导意义.     

Rydberg原子nS1/2→(n+1)S1/2双光子激发EIT-AT光谱

主要研究了热原子蒸气池中铯Rydberg原子nS_1/2→(n+1)S_1/2微波耦合的双光子光谱.铯原子基态(6S_1/2)、第一激发态(6P_3/2)、Rydberg态(69S_1/2)形成阶梯型三能级系统,弱探测光作用于基态到激发态6S_1/2→6P_3/2的跃迁,强耦合光则作用于6P_3/2→69S_1/2的Rydberg跃迁形成电磁感应透明(EIT)效应,实现对Rydberg原子的光学探测.频率fMW=11.735 GHz的微波场耦合69S_1/2→70S_1/2的Rydberg跃迁,形成微波双光子光谱.利用EIT-AT分裂光谱研究微波电场强度对双光子光谱的影响.研究表明:在强微波场作用时,EIT-AT分裂与微波场功率成正比,而弱微波场时的EIT-AT分裂与微波场功率成非线性依赖关系,理论计算与实验测量结果相一致.本文的研究对微波电场的精密测量具有一定的指导意义.     

基于Rydberg原子的高灵敏微波探测与通信

利用Rydberg原子作为微波传感器实现了微弱场的测量与通信.在铯原子蒸气池中,相向传输的探测光(852 nm)和耦合光(510 nm)与铯原子相互作用形成阶梯型三能级电磁感应透明光谱,用于实现Rydberg原子的光学探测.频率约为2.19 GHz的强微波场作为本地场(E_L),共振耦合相邻的两个Rydberg能级|68D_5/2>和|69P_3/2>,与具有一定失谐δf的待测微弱信号场(E_s)同时作用于Rydberg原子.Rydberg原子作为微波混频器可直接读出两束微波的差频信号,实现待测信号场的高灵敏探测,对应的最小测量值为E₀=1.7μV/cm,频率分辨率小于1 Hz.在此基础上,对微弱信号场进行编码,实验上很好地还原了加载到微波弱场上的基带信号,测量的传输带宽达200 MHz,实现了微弱场条件下的通信.     

Laser frequency stabilization by magnetically assisted rotation spectroscopy

We present a method of Doppler-free laser frequency stabilization based on magnetically assisted rotation spectroscopy (MARS) which combines the Doppler-free velocity-selective optical pumping (VSOP) and magnetic rotation spectroscopy. The stabilization is demonstrated for the atomic rubidium transitions at 780 nm. The proposed method is largely independent of stray magnetic fields and does not require any modulation of the laser frequency. Moreover, the discussed method allows one to choose between locking the laser exactly to the line center, or with a magnetically-controlled shift to an arbitrary frequency detuned by up to several natural linewidths. This feature is useful in many situations, e.g. for laser cooling experiments. In addition to presenting the principle of the method, its theoretical background and peculiarities inherent to the repopulation VSOP are discussed.     

Spin dynamics of the S = 5/2 2D triangular antiferromagnet Ba3NbFe3Si2O14

We report pulse-field magnetization, ac susceptibility, and 100 GHz electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on the S = 5/2 two-dimensional triangular compound Ba3NbFe3Si2O14 with the Néel temperature T(N) = 26 K. The magnetization curve shows an almost linear increase up to 60 T with no indication of a one-third magnetization plateau. An unusually large frequency dependence of the ac susceptibility in the temperature range of T = 20-100 K reveals a spin-glass behavior or superparamagnetism, signaling the presence of frustration-related slow magnetic fluctuations. The temperature dependence of the ESR linewidth exhibits two distinct critical regimes; (i) ΔH(pp)(T) is proportional to (T-T(N))(-p) with the exponent p = 0.2(1)-0.2(3) for temperatures above 27 K, and (ii) ΔH(pp)(T) is proportional to (T-T*)(-p) with T* = 12 K and p = 0.8(1)-0.8(4) for temperatures between 12 and 27 K. This is interpreted as indicating a dimensional crossover of magnetic interactions and the persistence of short-range correlations with a helically ordered state.     

Comparison of discharge lamp and laser pumped cesium magnetometers

We have performed a comparison of laser (LsOPM) and lamp (LpOPM) pumped cesium vapor magnetometers. Although the LsOPM operated 50% above its shot-noise limit we found an intrinsic sensitivity of 15 fT/√Hz and 25 fT/√Hz for the LsOPM and the LpOPM, respectively. Two modes of operation, viz. the phase-stabilized and the self-oscillating modes, were investigated and found to yield a similar performance. We have compared the performance of the LsOPM and the LpOPM directly by simultaneous measurements of field fluctuations of a 2-μT magnetic field inside a multilayer magnetic shield and have used one of the magnetometers for an active field stabilization. In the stabilized mode we found a gradient instability of 25 fT within an integration time of 100 s, which represents an upper limit of the long-term stability of the magnetometers. Our research is motivated by the need for an improved control of magnetic fields and gradients in a planned neutron electric dipole experiment.This revised version was published online in August 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Demonstration of Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter with reflection configuration

A narrow linewidth Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter(FADOF)with reflection configuration is achieved for the first time based on the cesium(Cs)ground state 6S_1/2 to the excited state 6P_3/2 transition at 852 nm.Compared with the conventional FADOF with transmission configuration,reflection-type FADOF can greatly improve the transmittance of optical filter under the same experimental parameters,because it allows signal light to go and return through the atomic vapor cell.In our experiment,peak transmittance at Cs 6S_1/2 F=4-6P_3/2 transition is 81%for the reflection-type FADOF,and while 54%for the transmission-type FADOF when the temperature of Cs vapor cell and the axial magnetic field are 60℃and 19 G.The idea of this reflection-type FADOF design has the potential to be applied to the FADOF operating between two excited states to obtain higher transmittance.     

Intracavity LiNbO(3) Fabry-Perot etalon for frequency stabilization and tuning of a single-mode quasi-continuous-wave titanium:sapphire ring laser

We describe an intracavity LiNbO(3) Fabry-Perot etalon for frequency stabilization and tuning of a single-mode quasi-continuous-wave Ti:Al(2)O (3) ring laser. Taking into account the 150-micros pulse duration and the 40-Hz repetition rate of our laser, we achieve stabilization by 266-kHz modulation of 100-V peak-to-peak voltage applied to the electro-optic crystal. Tuning is ensured by the presence of a gain loop that contains a lock-in amplifier reacting with a multimorphous ceramic by means of 0-300-V dc voltage, which causes slight rotation of the LiNbO(3) Fabry-Perot etalon. A continuous frequency scan of 6 GHz was made that potentially can be extended to 6 cm(-1) .     

基于量子相干效应的无芯射频识别标签的空间散射场测量

基于原子蒸汽池中铯里德伯原子的电磁感应透明光谱在微波场作用下的Aulter-Towns效应,测量了无芯射频识别标签线形散射单元的近场散射微波电场二维空间分布,空间分辨率可达到亚微波波长.实现了射频电场极化方向与线形散射体标签夹角的有效分辨.电磁仿真软件的仿真结果与实验测量符合得很好.本研究提供了一种测量微波电场近场测量的新方法,对无芯射频识别标签的散射单元设计和标定以及电子电路的电磁辐射测量具有重要的意义.     

铷原子耦合光频率近共振时的电磁感应透明

研究了Λ型能级系统中, ⁸⁵Rb原子在耦合光频率失谐较小时的电磁感应透明(EIT)现象. 实验中, 随着耦合光频率失谐量的增加, 电磁感应透明窗口的绝对强度有所减弱, 但是其相对深度却有所增加, 透明窗口相对深度最大的位置不在耦合光频率共振处, 而是在耦合光频率失谐约180 MHz的位置. 用三能级和四能级系统的理论分别对实验结果进行对比分析, 发现用四能级系统的理论进行拟合的结果与实验符合得比较好. 对此, 我们提出当耦合光频率失谐较小时, EIT信号是两个激发态共同作用的结果, 并用四能级系统的理论分析了两个激发态之间的能级间隔对透明窗口相对深度最大值位置的影响.     

Implementation of a double-scanning technique for studies of the Hanle effect in rubidium vapor

We have studied the resonance fluorescence of a room-temperature rubidium vapor exited to the atomic ⁵P_3/2 state (D₂ line) by powerful single-frequency cw laser radiation (1.25 W/cm²) in the presence of a magnetic field. In these studies, the slow, linear scanning of the laser frequency across the hyperfine transitions of the D₂ line is combined with a fast linear scanning of the applied magnetic field, which allows us to record frequency-dependent Hanle resonances from all the groups of hyperfine transitions including V- and Λ-type systems. Rate equations were used to simulate fluorescence signals for ⁸⁵Rb due to circularly polarized exciting laser radiation with different mean frequency values and laser intensity values. The simulation show a dependence of the fluorescence on the magnetic field. The Doppler effect was taken into account by averaging the calculated signals over different velocity groups. Theoretical calculations give a width of the signal peak in good agreement with experiment.