异核AX、AX2和AX3体系多量子相干弛豫时间的直接测量

本文第一章系统地阐述了多量子NMR的基本理论,以及研究多量子相干弛豫的重要意义;评述了多量子相干弛豫研究的最新进展及多量子相干弛豫时间的测量方法。     

利用Raman磁共振研究四极核对AX体系弛豫行为的影响

本文利用一维多量子Raman磁共振谱线的线宽测定了氯仿(CHCl₃)中碳氢体系的多量子的弛豫时间,由此得到第二类标量耦合弛豫起主导作用时的碳氢核自旋弛豫的交叉相关系数,氯核与碳和氢核的标量耦合常数,以及它们的相对符号。     

可激发气体振动弛豫时间的两频点声测量重建算法

振动弛豫时间是可激发气体分子内外自由度能量转移速率的宏观体现,它决定了声吸收谱峰值点对应的弛豫频率.本文给出了等温、绝热定压和绝热定容三种不同热力学过程下振动弛豫时间的相互关系;基于Petculescu和Lueptow[2005 Phys.Rev.Lett.94 238301]的弛豫过程合成算法,推导了单一压强下两频点声测量值的弛豫时间重建算法.该算法可应用于等温、绝热定压、绝热定容弛豫时间和弛豫频率的重建测量,并避免了弛豫时间传统声测量方法需要不断改变气体腔体压强的问题.仿真结果表明,对于室温下CO_2,CH_4,Cl_2,N_2和O_2组成的多种气体,重建的弛豫时间和弛豫频率与实验数据相符.     

量子阱中电子自旋注入及弛豫的飞秒光谱研究

采用飞秒脉冲的饱和吸收光谱方法研究了GaAs/AlGaAs多量子阱中电子自旋的注入和 弛豫特性，测得电子自旋极化弛豫时间为80±10ps.说明了电子自旋 轨道耦合相互作用引 起局域磁场的随机化，是导致电子的自旋极化弛豫的主要机理. 关键词： 自旋电子学 半导体量子阱 飞秒激光光谱 自旋 轨道耦合     

岩心孔隙介质中流体的核磁共振弛豫

弛豫时间是核磁共振研究中的一个重要参数,岩心孔隙介质流体的弛豫过程是自由流体弛豫机制、表面弛豫机制和流体的扩散弛豫机制共同作用的结果,它包含了丰富的孔隙和流体本身的信息. 弛豫时间和自扩散系数的测量及对弛豫时间的分析是核磁共振技术应用于岩心分析和石油勘测的重要内容.     

半导体量子阱中电子自旋弛豫和动量弛豫

根据电子自旋轨道耦合对自旋极化弛豫影响的DP机理进一步导出了半导体中电子自旋弛豫与动量弛豫及载流子浓度的关系，并采用飞秒抽运探测技术在室温下测量AlGaAs/GaAs 多量子阱中载流子浓度在 1×10¹⁷—1×10¹⁸cm^-3范围内，电子自旋弛豫时间由58ps增加至82 ps的变化情况，与理论计算值符合，说明了随着载流子浓度的增加，载流子间的频繁散射加速了电子动量驰豫，减弱了电子自旋轨道耦合作用，从而延长了电子自旋寿命. 关键词： 电子自旋轨道耦合 电子自旋弛豫和动量弛豫 飞秒光谱技术     

CdTe/CdS核壳结构量子点超快载流子动力学

在水相合成CdTe以及CdTe/CdS核壳结构量子点基础上, 利用基于抽运-探测技术的瞬态差分透射技术研究了CdTe量子点以及不同CdS壳层厚度的CdTe/CdS量子点的最低激子能态的超快激发与弛豫动力学. 研究表明:相比于CdTe,CdTe/CdS量子点的电子空穴由于空间分离,其所需的激发时间要长于电子空穴空间重叠态所需要的激发时间.随着壳层厚度的增加, 量子点表面的钝化有效地减少了表面态相关弛豫机理,并延长相对应的弛豫时间.     

掺杂对称性对(110)晶向生长GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱中电子自旋弛豫动力学的影响

采用时间分辨圆偏振光抽运-探测光谱,测量了(110)晶向生长的近似对称和完全非对称掺杂GaAs/AlGaAs量子阱中的电子自旋弛豫,发现两种量子阱材料中的电子自旋弛豫时间随载流子浓度的增大均呈现出先增大后减小的趋势,且近似对称掺杂GaAs量子阱中的电子自旋弛豫时间明显大于完全非对称掺杂量子阱.分析表明,在(110)晶向生长的GaAs量子阱中并非只有通常认为的Bir-Aronov-Pikus(BAP)机理起作用,在低载流子浓度区域,两种量子阱中D′yakonov-Perel′(DP)机理起主导作用,高载流子浓度区域BAP机理和DP机理都起作用,完全非对称掺杂的量子阱中DP机理强于近似对称掺杂量子阱.     

￣（14）N核四极共振自旋系统自旋－晶格弛豫时间的测量

￣１４Ｎ核四极共振自旋系统的自旋－晶格弛豫是一种双指数弛豫。本文介绍了￣１４Ｎ核四极共振自旋系统的自旋－晶格弛豫时间的３种测量方法，利用可变多面体方法对实验数据进行拟合，获得了￣１４Ｎ核四极共振自旋系统的自旋－晶格弛豫时间Ｔ＿１ｓ和Ｔ＿１１，对有关文献中关于核四极共振弛豫时间的测量的３个观点提出了质疑。     

14N核四极共振自旋系统自旋-晶格弛豫时间的测量

¹⁴N核四极共振自旋系统的自旋-晶格弛豫是一种双指数弛豫。本文介绍了¹⁴N核四极共振自旋系统的自旋-晶格弛豫时间的3种测量方法,利用可变多面体方法对实验数据进行拟合,获得了¹⁴N核四极共振自旋系统的自旋-晶格弛豫时间T_1s和T₁₁,对有关文献中关于核四极共振弛豫时间的测量的3个观点提出了质疑。     

Intersubband relaxation of hot carriers in quantum well systems

We use an ensemble Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electrons, holes and nonequilibrium polar optical phonons in multiple quantum well systems to model the intersubband relaxation of hot carriers measured in ultra-fast optical experiments. We have investigated the effect of various models of confined photon modes on the energy relaxation and intersubband transition rate in single quantum well and coupled well systems. In particular, the symmetry of the atomic displacement with respect to the quantum well has a marked effect on the relative intersubband versus intrasubband scattering rates, depending on whether one considers electrostatic boundary conditions(slab modes) or mechanical boundary conditions(guided modes). In single quantum wells systems, the overall intersubband relaxation time is not found to be strongly dependent on the confined mode model used due to competing effects of hot phonons and the relative intrasubband scattering rates. For coupled well systems, the relaxation rate is much more dependent on the exact nature of the phonon amplitude. Large effects are found associated with localized AlAs interface modes which dominate the intersubband relaxation time.     

高阶多量子跃迁的一维直接检测——Raman磁共振方法

研究了异核AX₃自旋体系的初始态为最高阶量子相干态时的Raman磁共振谱.研究表明,唯有制备高阶多量子相干的初始态时才有可能对高阶多量子跃迁进行有效检测.积算符理论的精确性使得理论上准确地预言了Raman磁共振谱中各阶多量子跃迁频率、谱线强度,使得各阶多量子跃迁频率相互交错时仍有可能解析谱图.在Raman磁共振实验中采用了正负频偏交替变化采样的方法,对单量子信号进行压制,使其更有效地观察高阶多量子跃迁.     

Raman磁共振谱中强单量子信号的压抑

通常单量子信号的强度在Raman磁共振谱中要比其它多量子信号的强度大得多,因而易引起接收机饱和,使信号发生变形,不利于多量子信号的检测,因此压抑强的单量子峰是必要的.积算符理论分析表明,异核体系Raman磁共振谱的单,多量子峰的共振频率及其信号强度关于频偏满足对称关系:当频偏由正变为负时,单量子信号的强度亦随之改变了符号.因此,对正负频偏(数值相等)的两次Raman磁共振实验的FID信号进行累加,就可压抑强的单量子峰,而对于多量子峰则在大的频偏条件下不会相互抵消.因此,这样的实验累加可以保持多量子信号的强度而压抑掉强的单量子峰.作为实验验证,我们给出了异核AX_n体系(CHCl₃,CH₂Cl₂,CH₃OH)的按上述正负频偏循环累加采样方法得到Raman磁共振¹³C实验谱.实验结果同理论预言完全一致.     

多量子核磁共振波谱学

本文叙述了多量子NMR技术的理论、实验方法和已经开展的重要应用。多量子NMR能得到比寻常NMR方法简单的解析谱,从而增进了研究分子结构和构型的可能性。该技术对于研究弛豫动力学也是极有价值的。     

SPROM – an efficient program for NMR/MRI simulations of inter- and intra-molecular multiple quantum coherences

A software package has been designed to simulate nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and images. Combining the product operator matrix with the non-linear Bloch equations, the software can efficiently simulate classical and quantum effects including scalar coupling, dipolar coupling, translational diffusion, chemical shift, radiation damping, transverse relaxation, and longitudinal relaxation. One of the most unique features of the software is its ability to incorporate effects of inter- and intra-molecular multiple quantum coherences in complex multiple-spin coupled systems, which are difficult with other existing software packages. The software, written in Visual C++, has a friendly graphical user interface and is easy to use. To cite this article: C. Cai et al., C. R. Physique 9 (2008).     

Nondestructive readout for a superconducting flux qubit

We present a new readout method for a superconducting flux qubit, based on the measurement of the Josephson inductance of a superconducting quantum interference device that is inductively coupled to the qubit. The intrinsic flux detection efficiency and backaction are suitable for a fast and nondestructive determination of the quantum state of the qubit, as needed for readout of multiple qubits in a quantum computer. We performed spectroscopy of a flux qubit and we measured relaxation times of the order of 80 micros.     

Theory for the optimal control of time-averaged quantities in quantum systems

We present a variational theory for the optimal control of quantum systems with relaxation over a finite time interval. In our approach, which is a nontrivial generalization of previous formulations and which contains them as limiting cases, the optimal control field fulfills a high-order Euler-Lagrange differential equation, which guarantees the uniqueness of the solution. We solve this equation numerically and also analytically for some limiting cases. The theory is applied to two-level quantum systems with relaxation, for which we determine quantitatively how relaxation effects limit the control of the system.     

Spin relaxation and decoherence of holes in quantum dots

We investigate heavy-hole spin relaxation and decoherence in quantum dots in perpendicular magnetic fields. We show that at low temperatures the spin decoherence time is 2 times longer than the spin relaxation time. We find that the spin relaxation time for heavy holes can be comparable to or even longer than that for electrons in strongly two-dimensional quantum dots. We discuss the difference in the magnetic-field dependence of the spin relaxation rate due to Rashba or Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling for systems with positive (i.e., GaAs quantum dots) or negative (i.e., InAs quantum dots) g factor.     

DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME OF INTERMOLECULAR MULTIPLE QUANTUM COHERENCES IN NMR

A one-dimensional NMR method is presented for measuring the transverse relaxation time, T_2,n, of intermolecular multiple quantum coherences (IMQCs) of coherence order n in highly polarized spin systems. The pulse sequence proposed in this paper effectively suppresses the effects of radiation damping, molecular diffusion, inhomogeneity of magnetic field, and variations of dipolar correlation distance, all of which may affect quantitation of T_2,n. This pulse sequence can be used to measure not only IMQC transverse relaxation time T_2,n(n>1) quickly and directly, but also the conventional transverse relaxation time. Experimental results demonstrate that the quantitative relationship between T_2,n(n≥1) and T₂ is T_2,n≈T₂/n. These results will be helpful for understanding the fundamental properties and mechanisms of IMQCs.     

Full configuration interaction studies of phonon and photon transition rates in semiconductor quantum dots

Quantum chemical methods originally developed for studying atomic and molecular systems can be applied successfully to the study of few-body electron-hole systems in semiconductor nanostructures. A new computational approach is presented for studying the energetics and dynamics of interacting electrons and holes in a semiconductor quantum dot. The electron-hole system is described by a two-band effective mass Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is diagonalized in a configuration state function basis constructed as antisymmetric products of the electron one-particle functions and antisymmetric products of the hole one-particle functions. The symmetry adapted basis set used for the expansion of the one-particle functions consists of anisotropic Gaussian basis functions. The transition probability between electron-hole states consisting of different numbers of carrier pairs is calculated at the full configuration interaction level. The results show that the electron-hole correlation affects the radiative recombination rates significantly. A method for calculating the phonon relaxation rates between excited states and the ground state of quantum dots is described. The phonon relaxation calculations show that the relaxation rate is strongly dependent on the energy level spacings between the states.