Ringdown spectroscopy of stimulated Raman scattering in a whispering gallery mode resonator

We report experimental observations of power-dependent, nonexponential decay of light stored in whispering gallery modes caused by stimulated Raman scattering in the resonator host material. Specifically, we show that the instantaneous decay rate of whispering gallery modes of a calcium fluoride resonator increases as the amount of light stored in the resonator decreases.     

On the analogy between a single atom and an optical resonator

A single atom in free space can have a strong influence on a light beam and a single photon can have a strong effect on a single atom in free space. Regarding this interaction, two conceptually different questions can be asked: can a single atom fully absorb a single photon and can a single atom fully reflect a light beam. The conditions for achieving the full effect in either case are different. Here we discuss related questions in the context of an optical resonator. When shaping a laser pulse properly it will be fully absorbed by an optical resonator, i.e., no light will be reflected and all the pulse energy will accumulate inside the resonator before it starts leaking out. We show in detail that in this case the temporal pulse shape has to match the time-reversed pulse obtained by the cavity’s free decay. On the other hand a resonator, made of highly reflecting mirrors which normally reflect a large portion of any incident light, may fully transmit the light, as long as the light is narrow band and resonant with the cavity. The analogy is the single atom—normally letting most of the light pass—which under special conditions may fully reflect the incident light beam. Using this analogy we are able to study the effects of practical experimental limitations in the atom-photon coupling, such as finite pulses, bandwidths, and solid angle coverage, and to use the optical resonator as a test bed for the implementation of the quantum experiment.     

高反射率测量中的腔参数优化

利用Ｇ参数和失调灵敏度研究了衰减时间法测量高反射率中低损耗腔的参数优化问题，导出了折叠腔稳定条件和失调灵敏度的一般公式，并给出了数值计算实例。     

连续波锁模掺钕磷酸盐玻璃激光器光学谐振腔的分析

由于Nd:磷酸盐玻璃的热导率和破坏阀值都比较低,故连续波锈模钕磷酸盐玻璃激光器要求其谐振腔有特殊的设计.本文在谐振腔长度固定的限制下,分析了三元件式谐振腔的特性,并且讨论了连续波主动锁模Nd:磷酸盐玻璃激光器光学谐振腔的设计.我们讨论了在不同参量范围下谐振腔的稳定性范围和特性,并且阐明了有关的最佳参数的范围.给出了谐振腔最佳运转区参数的解析表达式.实验结果与理论预测符合得很好.这个解析式对设计三元件或多元件的任何端面泵浦和锁模谐振腔是很有用的.     

Entanglement and decoherence of a micromechanical resonator via coupling to a Cooper-pair box

We analyze the quantum dynamics of a micromechanical resonator capacitively coupled to a Cooper-pair box. With appropriate quantum state control of the Cooper box, the resonator can be driven into a superposition of spatially separated states. The Cooper box can also be used to probe the decay of the resonator superposition state due to environmental decoherence.     

Microwave nonlinearity measurements of epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7−x thin film by bridged resonator

A simple bridged resonator method is presented for microwave nonlinearity measurement of epitaxial superconductor thin film. By this method, microwave current is concentrated in local bridged part on the resonator, and local inductive and resistive nonlinearity in this part are measured. At the same time, undesired nonlinearity are eliminated from the tested results by the special current distribution of the resonator, which enhances the accuracy of the measured nonlinearity.     

A Nd: YAG laser with a flat-top beam profile and constant divergence

An active resonator designed especially for Nd: YAG lasers is proposed. The expected performance of this resonator is the generation of a laser beam with a flat-topped distribution and a divergence invariant under the thermal lensing effect, such that it could be applied to surface treatment without special optical or mechanical elements. The beam quality and efficiency of such a resonator are presented and discussed in comparison with a parallel-plane resonator as adopted by most industrial Nd: YAG lasers.     

Simulations of the dynamics of optical bistability with fluctuations

Numerical integrations of the Langevin-equation for the fluctuating light-field in a nonlinear resonator are presented. As an xample, the nonlinearity of the two-photon resonance of the excitonic molecule in semiconductors is treated. Time-dependent switching processes and the response of the system to nonstationary incident fields are investigated with the technique of molecular dynamics simulations. Using many independent realizations of the stochastic process, the time-dependence of the field dostribution function is determined. Furthermore, it is shown that the decay of metastable states can be described by simple exponential decay rates.     

圆镜共焦腔激光横模的传输矩阵法模拟和分析

共焦腔是一般稳定腔的特例,由于等价性,共焦腔中自再现模的振幅分布、损耗和光斑尺寸常常被用于讨论一般稳定腔。为了分析具有大菲涅尔数的圆镜共焦腔,本文利用传输矩阵方法对腔模进行计算和讨论。研究结果表明:传输矩阵方法的结果与Fox-Li积分迭代法的结果一致,并且传输矩阵方法实用于大菲涅尔数共焦腔。     

Ideal optomechanically induced transparency generation in a cavity optoelectromechanical system

The ideal optomechanically induced transparency effects of an output probe field are investigated in a cavity optoelectromechanical system, which is composed of an optical cavity, a charged mechanical resonator, and a charged object.Although the charged mechanical resonator damping rate is nonzero, the ideal optomechanically induced transparency can still appear due to the non-rotating wave approximation effect in the system. The location of optomechanically induced transparency dip can be controlled via the Coulomb coupling strength. In addition, we find that both the transparency window width and the maximum dispersion curve slope are closely related to the optical cavity decay rate.     

Coupling Losses and Discrimination of Annular Waveguide Laser Resonators

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Quantum trajectory studies of many-atom and finite transit-time effects in a cavity QED microlaser or micromaser

Studies of microlasers and micromasers generally assume that at most one atom is present in the resonator and transit times are much shorter than cavity lifetimes. We use quantum trajectory simulations to investigate the behavior of a microlaser/micromaser in which multiple atoms may be present and atom transit times can be comparable to the cavity decay time. Many-atom events are shown to destroy trap state resonances even for a mean intracavity atom number as small as 0.1. Away from trap states, results for mean photon number agree with a single-atom, weak-decay theory. However the variance of the photon number distribution increases relative to micromaser theory by an amount proportional to the product of the interaction time and cavity decay rate. This excess variance is interpreted as resulting from cavity decay during the atomic transit time.     

光纤环形谐振腔的频率锁定及其特性

基于可调分束比的光纤分束器,制作了光纤环形谐振腔并通过调节分束比实现了对光纤环形谐振腔的欠耦合、临界耦合和过耦合的状态控制.实验测量了腔最小反射率与腔损耗之间的关系,获得光纤环形谐振腔的腔内衰减率为κ_0=2π×(1.60±0.03) MHz ,品质因子为Q=(1.10±0.02)×10.8.在此基础上,结合了压电陶瓷拉伸光纤以控制腔长和Pound-Drever-Hall锁频两大技术优势,克服了之前温度反馈控制等方法的反馈带宽窄、噪声大和稳定性差等问题,实现了对光纤环形谐振腔共振频率的快速、灵敏的控制和锁定.结果表明,锁频过程中相位调制功率与相位调制引起腔反射光的强度调制之间的关系为线性关系,进而通过降低相位调制信号的功率以减小相位调制对腔反射光强度调制的影响.当调制功率设定最低为–9 dBm时,光纤环形谐振腔仍能被稳定锁定.该光纤环形谐振腔为其与原子、金刚石色心等发光粒子相互作用的腔量子电动力学实验研究奠定了坚实的基础.     

Coupling Losses and Discrimination of Annular Waveguide Laser Resonators

An approach of calculating the coupling losses in a coaxial (or annular) waveguide laser resonator is developed by which the computational time is considerably reduced. Computations of the coupling losses for some TE modes of an annular waveguide, as a function of mirror curvature and position, are presented in the limit of large mirror aperture. It is shown that there exist three special configurations to provide low coupling losses. The resonator properties are discussed. The calculating results are useful for design of annular waveguide laser resonators.     

Berechnung der Aufbauzeit eines doppeltresonanten optischen parametrischen Oszillators

The rise time for the output power of a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator with ring resonator configuration is calculated for the special case of subharmonic generation. It is shown that the rise time decreases by increasing the pumping level (for a constant threshold power) and, for a constant pumping level, by increasing the resonator loss.     

Engineering steady-state entanglement for two atoms held in separate cavities through laser cooling

We propose a scheme to prepare the steady-state entanglement for two atoms, which are held in separate cavities that are coupled through a short optical fiber or optical resonator. The entangled steady-state with a high fidelity can be achieved even with a low cooperativity parameter, by making use of the driving laser fields. Such a cooling mechanism is based on a resonant laser pump of the unwanted ground states to the excited states, which finally decay to the desired steady-state.     

Losses in an open microwave resonator with an ultrathin cylinder

Two methods are used to calculate the losses introduced in an open resonator by an ultrathin cylindrical sample placed in the antinode of the electric field of the main oscillation mode. It is demonstrated that the dependence of the losses on the cylinder parameters for wires is ambiguous in character, which must be considered when developing methods for measuring and control of characteristics of such objects placed in open quasioptical resonators. In special cases, some parameters of the examined samples can be determined only from measurements of the losses introduced in the open resonator.     

Zur Eindeutigkeit eines neuen Differenzmeßverfahrens für die sehr genaue Bestimmung der Resonatorgüte und der Resonanzfrequenz von Mikrowellenresonatoren

It is possible to improve the resolving power at the determination of the resonance frequency and the cavity Q by the timed modulation af a plasma loading the resonator. By this we get a higher exactness for the determination of the plasma parameters. The resonance curves obtained by aid of the differences of the output signals of the resonator result from the solutions of a nonlinear system of equations. The existence and uniqueness of the solutions are discussed in some special cases.     

Generation of Ising interaction and cluster states in a one-dimensional coupled resonator waveguide

We propose a scheme for realizing the Ising spin-spin interaction and atomic cluster states utilizing the trapped two-level atoms inside a one-dimensional coupled resonator waveguide. In the strong driving and large detuning conditions, an effective Ising spin-spin interaction can be generated through suitably tuning the parameters. Then atomic cluster states are produced by using this Ising interaction. This scheme need not initially prepare the superposition states of atoms, and is insensitive to cavity decay.     

Time dilations in bound muon decay

A number of experiments show that the decay lifetimes of muons bound to atomic nuclei are longer than the decay lifetimes of free muons. The special relativistic time dilation predicts decay lifetime dilations that are substantially smaller than the observed decay lifetime dilations. In this paper it is shown that adding a recently predicted electro-magnetic time dilation (analogous to the gravitational time dilation) to the special relativistic time dilation gives a total time dilation that agrees with the observed decay lifetime dilations.