Squeezing transfer from vibrations to a cavity field in an ion-trap laser

We present a novel way to produce squeezed light in an optical cavity. The main idea is to transfer vibrational squeezing from the motion of a trapped ion to the photons in a cavity. We use the dipolar coupling of the motion of a three-level ion with one cavity mode and two different kind of pumps. The first pump is an oscillating electric field that drives the ion into a vibrational squeezed state. The second pump consists of two lasers resonant with the ionic levels that makes the transfer possible.     

苯胺分子S_1态振动光谱及ab initio计算(英文)

利用紫外激光,结合超声速脉冲分子技术和飞行时间质谱仪,在287～296 nm波长范围内实验研究了苯胺分子的共振双光子电离光谱(R2PI).实验中观测到对应S_1←S_0跃迁的0-0带出现在293.86nm(3.4029 cm~(-1))处,并测得对应S_1态的若干振动模和来自S_0态的热带.为了对S_1态的振动模进行标定,分别在HF/6-31+G(d,p)和CIS/6-31+G(d,p)基组水平上对苯胺在S_0态的构型进行优化和在S_1态对其振动频率进行分析计算.另外,利用自然键轨道分析(NBO)讨论了电子激发过程.结果显示,来自氨基氮原子上的一个电子从对应的孤对电子轨道激发到苯环的π反键轨道上,恰好对应的是S_1←S_0跃迁.     

Relaxation of an atom and a cavity mode in an entangled environment

The master equation is derived for an atom and a single high-Q cavity mode interacting with the bath modes produced by a two-mode broadband source based on two degenerate optical parametric oscillators. The relaxation superoperator, found in the resonant and dispersive limits, contains new terms describing correlations between the atom and the cavity mode. Collective coherent states are introduced to show that squeezed states of the atom-cavity subsystem are generated via interaction with an entangled environment. It is shown that a correlated initial state of the atom and the cavity mode manifests itself in two cavity QED phenomena: spontaneous atomic emission in the strong-coupling regime and population inversion in the Jaynes-Cummings model.     

原子运动对与V型三能级原子作用的双模光场压缩效应的影响

应用全量子理论和数值分析的方法研究了在双模光场与运动的V型三能级原子相互作用过程中，原子运动对双模场压缩的影响。结果表明，当初始光场处于非关联双模相干态时，只有光场的第一正交分量被压缩，压缩程度随着原子运动与场模结构参数的增大而增大。另一方面，当初始光场处于双模压缩真空态时，主要是光场的第二正交分量被压缩，并且通过适当选择原子运动与场模结构参数，能够获得稳定的压缩光。     

两模腔中的参量上转换和下转换

提出了一种通过建立双线性二次哈密顿量在量子腔中实现参量上转换和下转换的方案.通常在非线性过程中,介质本身不参与能量的净交换,但光波频率可以发生转换的作用称为参量转换作用.此方案建立在一个四能级原子同时与两经典场和两量子场相互作用的基础上,理论属于非线性光学四波混频范畴.将原子制备在合适的能级上,经典光场与相应的能级发生共振,而同时量子光场与相应的能级产生大失谐相互作用,在强相互作用区域内,原子和腔场失耦合,进而实现腔模的参量转换.根据所制备初始能级的不同以及光场激发能级的差异,分别实现了参量上转换和参量下转换.在利用参量下转换制备压缩算符后,对实验的可行性进行了讨论,并且给出了理论值.结果表明：在级联三能原子中采用一个级联双光子过程代替了原来的两个偶极禁戒跃迁间的经典驱动,可以保证高的不同频率之间的转换效率,并且用于光的量子操控和量子信息处理.     

Coherent coupling of a single <Superscript>40</Superscript>Ca<Superscript>+</Superscript> ion to a high-finesse optical cavity

We demonstrate coherent coupling of the quadrupole S_1/2D_5/2 optical transition of a single trapped ⁴⁰Ca⁺ ion to the standing wave field of a high-finesse cavity. The dependence of the coupling on temporal dynamics and spatial variations of the intracavity field is investigated in detail. By precisely controlling the position of the ion in the cavity standing wave field and by selectively exciting vibrational state-changing transitions the ion’s quantized vibration in the trap is deterministically coupled to the cavity mode. We confirm coherent interaction of ion and cavity field by exciting Rabi oscillations with short resonant laser pulses injected into the cavity, which is frequency-stabilized to the atomic transition. Received: 23 August 2002 / Published online: 8 January 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. E-mail: christoph.becher@uibk.ac.at RID="**" ID="**"Present address: Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA     

Squeezing of an atom laser originating from atomic Bose-Einstein condensate interacting with light field

The quadrature squeezing properties of an atom laser originating from atomic Bose-Einstein condensate interacting with light field are studied. We find that the squeezing properties of the atom laser are dependent on the initial light field interacting with the atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. If the initial light field cannot be squeezed, such as number state or coherent state light field, the atom laser as well cannot be squeezed. However, if the initial light field interacting with the atomic Bose-Einstein condensate being in squeezed state, the atom laser can be squeezed periodically, and its squeezing depth is dependent on the intensity of interatoms interaction.     

劣腔内二能级原子的双光子共振荧光光谱

研究了劣腔内二能级原子与单模腔场的双光子相互作用，腔内原子受外加固相干光场驱动，并向一般真空态自发辐射，通过腔镜内腔内注入压缩真空态光场，使腔模向压缩真空态光场衰减，本文利用劣腔近似条件得到原子约化密度算符主方程，在此基础上讨论了二能级原子的双光子共振荧光光谱。     

一个囚禁离子运动压缩数态的制备

本文提出一个方案以制备一个被囚禁在谐势阱中的离子质心运动的压缩数态。在本方案中，这个离子受到两个分别调到第一高、低振动边带的激光场和一个与离子共振的激光场的轮流激发。系统最后被制备到运动压缩数态与电子基态的直积。     

Cavity Field Spectra of a Cascade Three-Level Atom Interacting with a Single-Mode Field with Kerr-Like Medium

The cavity field spectrum of a cascade three-level atom interacting with single-mode field with Kerr-like medium in the cavity is investigated. The numerical results for the initial field in pure number state, coherent state and squeezed vacuum state are calculated, respectively. It is found that the Kerr-like medium affects the spectral structure even though the initial field is in vacuum when the atom is in upper level. In the case of strong input field, the number state spectrum shows two peaks with different heights; and the superposition state spectrum shows a multipeak structure with an equal distance of two neighboring peaks. The spectral ＂central frequency＂ shifts away from the resonant frequency with the increasing of average photon number.     

A scheme of quantum phase gate for trapped ion

We propose a scheme to implement two-qubit controlled quantum phase gate(CQPG) via a single trapped two-level ion located in the standing wave field of a quantum cavity, in which the trap works beyond the Lamb--Dicke limit. When the light field is resonant with the atomic transition $|g\rangle\leftrightarrow|e\rangle$ of the ion located at the antinode of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the internal and external states of the trapped ion; while the frequency of the light field is chosen to be resonant with the first red sideband of the collective vibrational mode of the ion located at the node of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the cavity mode and the collective vibrational mode of the trapped ion. Neither the Lamb--Dicke approximation nor the assistant classical laser is needed. Also we can generate a GHZ state if assisted with a classical laser.     

与二项式光场相互作用的运动原子熵压缩

运用量子信息熵理论,研究了二项式光场与运动二能级原子相互作用过程中运动原子的信息熵压缩。讨论了不同的原子初态和场的有关参数对原子信息熵压缩的影响。结果表明：选择原子初态、场模结构、场调节参数及原子运动速度可以调控原子信息熵的压缩方向、偶极矩分量值和压缩周期;适当的选择参数可得到持续性的原子信息熵压缩。     

The atomic Wehrl entropy of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">V</Emphasis>-type three-level atom interacting with two-mode squeezed vacuum state

We study the interaction of a V-type three-level atom with a two-mode field through the two-photon interaction when the atom is initially in the upper state and the initial field is in the two-mode squeezed vacuum state. The influence of the atomic motion on the evolution of the atomic Q-function and atomic Wehrl entropy is examined. The results show that the atomic motion and the mode structure play important roles in the evolution of the atomic Q-function, atomic Wehrl entropy, and marginal atomic Wehrl entropy.     

Coupling a single atomic quantum bit to a high finesse optical cavity

The quadrupole S(1/2)-D(5/2) optical transition of a single trapped Ca+ ion, well suited for encoding a quantum bit of information, is coherently coupled to the standing wave field of a high finesse cavity. The coupling is verified by observing the ion's response to both spatial and temporal variations of the intracavity field. We also achieve deterministic coupling of the cavity mode to the ion's vibrational state by selectively exciting vibrational state-changing transitions and by controlling the position of the ion in the standing wave field with nanometer precision.     

AC stark effect and atomic stabilization in a strong nonclassical electromagnetic field

We consider the dynamics of an atom that interacts with one mode of an electromagnetic field in a microcavity. We discuss the reconstruction of the spectrum of atomic states and the occurrence of a stabilization effect for the case of a nonclassical state of the field mode, in particular, a squeezed vacuum state. We show that, for nonclassical fields, an ionization-suppression effect also arises (stabilization), which is similar to the Kramers-Henneberger stabilization in a classical electromagnetic field, and, for squeezed states of the electromagnetic field, the stabilization threshold is several times smaller than that for the classical electro-magnetic field of the same intensity.     

Entanglement and nonclassicality evolution of the atom in a squeezed vacuum

As an important parameter, von Neumann entropy has been used to characterize the entanglement between atom and light field. We discussed the entanglement and nonclassicality evolution of an atom in a squeezed vacuum—a typical nonclassical field, and compare it with that of the coherent state. It shows that the atom-field entanglement in squeezed vacuum is much stronger and stabler than that in coherent state, whereas the nonclassicality of the light field depends on its initial status. This investigation is trying to find a new insight into the relation between entanglement of atom-field system and nonclassicality of light fields. The result shows that the entanglement between the atom and the field can be maintained well in the squeezed vacuum and this implies better control of atom and photon mutually.     

Effect of squeezed vibrational states on the optical properties of molecular systems in a field of laser radiation

Specific features of optical and nonradiative transitions in molecular systems in the field of an intense electromagnetic wave are studied with account of squeezed vibrational states. It is shown that a field of laser radiation considerably enhances the tunneling processes in electronic vibrational systems and makes it possible to obtain the generation of higher harmonics. Conditions are found under which squeezed vibrational states can lead to some stabilization of excited electronic states with respect to the processes of luminescence.     

Raman Scattering Tensors in Biological Molecules and Their Assemblies

INTRODUCTION

The tensor associated with a Raman band plays an important role in determining the band intensity and its structural significance. Each Raman tensor interrelates two electric vectors, that of the exciting radiation (i.e. laser photon) and that of the Raman scattered radiation (i.e. the inelastically scattered photon which results from the exchange of a vibrational quantum between the exciting photon and the molecule). The Raman tensor is obtained formally as the first derivative of the molecular polarizability tensor, the derivative being taken with respect to the vibrational normal coordinate. In other words, the Raman tensor associated with a vibrational Raman band is an indicator of how the polarizability of the molecule oscillates with the molecular normal mode of vibration.