类Kerr介质中两能级原子与驱动场作用时的相干性

两能级原子被嵌制在一充满类Kerr介质的热库中,通过求解原子与外加驱动场相互作用时约化密度算符非对角元,研究简并双光子过程中原子在外界环境(类Kerr介质和热库)下的相干特性.结果表明:当原子的相干性被保持时,外加驱动场的时间演化与原子的跃迁频率、原子偶极矩和模平均光子数等因素有关.     

Motion of a helium atom through a comparable-diameter channel in the Frenkel-Kontorova model

The motion of a helium atom through a channel with a diameter comparable to the diameter of this atom is investigated. Such channels are observed in materials of the quartz type. The inclusion of the local law of momentum conservation in the analysis of the interaction between the He atom and the atoms forming the channel wall makes it possible to reduce the problem to one-dimensional motion similar to the motion of a dislocation in the Frenkel-Kontorova model. In the model proposed here, the activation energy of the complex formed by the He atom and the displacements of atoms of the channel wall is calculated. The obtained energy is expressed in terms of the shear modulus of the material forming the channel and the helium atom polarizability, which depends on the state of the helium atom.     

Quantum transport of a single photon through a subwavelength hole by a single atom

The localization and transport of a photon through a subwavelength hole with the help of a neutral atom are studied. A method proposed and realized in the study is based on the absorption of a photon by a neutral atom directly in front of a subwavelength hole, the flight of the atom through the hole, and photon emission on the other side of the screen. The influence of the interaction of the excited atom flying through the subwavelength channel with the screen material is estimated. The estimate showed that the atomic excitation can be quenched in holes with diameters smaller than 200 nm, which affects the photon transport efficiency.     

Photon emission from a two-level atom moving in a cavity

The interaction of a two-level atom uniformly moving along a classical trajectory with a high-Q cavity quantum mode is analyzed. The dressed-state method is used to derive a recurrence formula for the transition probability of the atom with photon emission; the temporal dynamics of this probability qualitatively depends on the Doppler shift of the atomic transition frequency, on the Rabi frequency of the atom-field system, and on the detuning of the atomic transition frequency from the field mode frequency. The emission dynamics of a moving atom is very sensitive to the detuning. Rabi-type oscillations with a frequency equal to the Doppler shift can arise under certain conditions. At resonance, the emission probability of a moving atom can considerably exceed the emission probability of an atom at rest. A plane-parallel-mirror cavity and a confocal spherical-mirror cavity are considered. It is shown that the peculiarities of Doppler-Rabi oscillations must be taken into account in micromaser theory.     

运动三能级原子与驻波激光场斜交相互作用的理论分析

分析了一个运动的三能级原子与一个驻波激光场地斜交相互作用时的动量传递行为。结果表明，当原子和光场由于多普勒效应满足一定条件时，将产生受激拉曼跃迁。如果作用光相对于原子而言为一个“π／２脉冲”光时，那么经过作用后，原子将处于一个相干迭加态，其中一个态与加始相同。     

Coherent trapping of a three-level atom in a circularly polarized light

Using semiclassical theory, we study coherent trapping of a three-level atom, where the atom possesses a momentum of its center-of-mass motion and is irradiated only by a classical circularly polarized electromagnetic wave. We find that if the atom is initially in a coherent trapping state of it, under the zero- or first-order approximation, the atom is absolutely or nearly in the state hereafter.     

Atom Michelson interferometer on a chip using a Bose-Einstein condensate

An atom Michelson interferometer is implemented on an "atom chip." The chip uses lithographically patterned conductors and external magnetic fields to produce and guide a Bose-Einstein condensate. Splitting, reflecting, and recombining of condensate atoms are achieved by a standing-wave light field having a wave vector aligned along the atom waveguide. A differential phase shift between the two arms of the interferometer is introduced by either a magnetic-field gradient or with an initial condensate velocity. Interference contrast is still observable at 20% with an atom propagation time of 10 ms.     

Generating and probing a two-photon fock state with a single atom in a cavity

A two-photon Fock state is prepared in a cavity sustaining a "source mode" and a "target mode," with a single circular Rydberg atom. In a third-order Raman process, the atom emits a photon in the target while scattering one photon from the source into the target. The final two-photon state is probed by measuring by Ramsey interferometry the cavity light shifts induced by the target field on the same atom. Extensions to other multiphoton processes and to a new type of micromaser are briefly discussed.     

Cage motion of a probe atom in a vacancy complex in Pt

The perturbation function of a Cd probe atom bound in a hydrogen-decorated vacancy complex in Pt is found to exhibit dynamical relaxation at 294 K, as measured by the technique of perturbed γ-γ angular correlations. Based on other characteristics of the complex, a model is proposed for the structure of the complex. In the undecorated state, it consists of a probe atom at the center of a tetrahedron of vacancies in the fcc structure. In the decorated state at low temperature, the probe atom returns to one of the four vacant lattice sites. The relaxation at room temperature is attributed to motion of the probe atom in a cage formed by the four vacant sites.     

Binuclear atom as the bound state of a proton and a heavy atom

The existence of a bound state of a proton and a heavy atom is predicted. The atom is described by the Thomas-Fermi method. The electrons screen the field of the proton, which suppresses the repulsive force between the proton and the atomic nucleus. On the other hand, the force of attraction between the proton and the electrons is directed along the electron density gradient (i.e., towards the nucleus). It is concluded that for Z = 80, the two forces are balanced at a distance from the nucleus of about 0.6 of the Bohr radius. It is found that the potential energy minimum of the proton with a depth of several tens of electronvolts lies in the range of negative energies (attraction). It is proposed that such a system be referred to as a binuclear atom. It is emphasized that, in contrast to molecules, in which binding with the hydrogen atom is ensured by a rearrangement of the states of the outer-shell (valence) electrons, a binuclear atom is formed as a result of the collective response of the system of inner electrons to the proton potential.     

Generation of strongly squeezed states for a cavity field with a single atom

We propose a scheme to realize strong squeezing for a cavity field with a single three-level atom. In the scheme the atom is sent through the cavity initially filled with a coherent field. The atom dispersively interacts with the cavity field, which is displaced by a microwave resource during the interaction. Then, a selective measurement on the atom collapses the field to a superposition of an even coherent state with a vacuum state, which exhibits strong squeezing. The scheme can also be generalized to the two-mode case.     

Absorption Spectra of a Three-Level Atom Embedded in a PBG Reservoir

We introduce the ‘decay rate＇ terms into the density matrix equations of an atom embedded in a photonic band gap （PBG） reservoir successfully. By utilizing the master equations, the probe absorption spectra and the refractivity properties of a three-level atom in the PBG reservoir are obtained. The interaction between the atom and the PBG reservoir as well as the effects of the quantum interference on the absorption of the atom has also been taken into account. It is interesting that two different types of the anomalous dispersion relations of refractivity are exhibited in one dispersion line. The methodology used here can be applied to theoretical investigation of quantum interference effects of other atomic models embedded in a PBG reservoir.     

Normal-mode spectroscopy of a single-bound-atom-cavity system

The energy-level structure of a single atom strongly coupled to the mode of a high-finesse optical cavity is investigated. The atom is stored in an intracavity dipole trap and cavity cooling is used to compensate for inevitable heating. Two well-resolved normal modes are observed both in the cavity transmission and the trap lifetime. The experiment is in good agreement with a Monte Carlo simulation, demonstrating our ability to localize the atom to within lambda/10 at a cavity antinode.     

Theoretical Calculation of Energy Levels of a Hydrogen Atom in a Strong Magnetic Field

The eleven low-lying energy levels of a hydrogen atom, and its mean radius in a uniformly high magnetic field B are calculated in a simple variational approach. The potential term containing squared magnetic field in Hamiltonian operator is separated into spherically and nonspherically symmetric potentials. The influence over levels and radius of the hydrogen atom is discussed. The results are in good agreement with the recent literatures, but more accurate. We find that the stronger the'magnetic field is, the smaller the mean radius of the hydrogen atom is.     

Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom in a quantum dot

The magnetic state of a single magnetic atom (Mn) embedded in an individual semiconductor quantum dot is optically probed using micro-spectroscopy. A high degree of spin polarization can be achieved for an individual Mn atom localized in a quantum dot using quasi-resonant or fully-resonant optical excitation at zero magnetic field. Optically created spin polarized carriers generate an energy splitting of the Mn spin and enable magnetic moment orientation controlled by the photon helicity and energy. The dynamics and the magnetic field dependence of the optical pumping mechanism shows that the spin lifetime of an isolated Mn atom at zero magnetic field is controlled by a magnetic anisotropy induced by the built-in strain in the quantum dots. The Mn spin distribution prepared by optical pumping is fully conserved for a few microseconds. This opens the way to full optical control of the spin state of an individual magnetic atom in a solid state environment.     

Entropy squeezing for three-level atom interacting with a single-mode field

The entropy squeezing for a three-level atom interacting with a single-model field is studied. A general definition of entropy squeezing for three-level atom is given according to entropic uncertainty relation of three-level system, and the calculation formalism of entropy is derived for a cascade three-level atom. By using numerical calculation, the entropy squeezing properties of a cascade three-level atom are examined. Our results show that, three-level atom can generate obvious entropy squeezing effect via choosing appropriate superposition state of three-level atom. Our results are meaningful for preparing three-level system information resources with ultra-low quantum noise.     

Motion of a helium atom in a quartz crystal with dislocations

The motion of a helium atom through the quartz crystal structure disturbed by dislocations has been considered. Two cases of their action on the motion of the helium atom have been discussed. (1) Dislocations, in particular, screw dislocations, can be represented as contracted or extended helical (six-, four-, three-membered) channels consisting of SiO₄ tetrahedra. In this case, the helium atom moves inside the dislocation as in the crystallographic channel with changed parameters. (2) Dislocations can cross the crystallographic channel. This leads to an excess or a deficit of oxygen atoms of SiO₄ tetrahedra in the immediate environment of the helium atom located in the channel. In both cases, the displacement of the helium atom appears as a Frenkel-Kontorova soliton. However, in the latter case, the dependence of the activation energy of this soliton on the number of defects is discontinuous and exhibits a “mobility gap” of the helium atom.     

弱光场中氢原子的稳定性

虑一个处在弱光场中的经典氢原子系统,运用直接微扰方法求出了该系统微扰解的一般形式,并给出了解有界的条件。分析结果表明,在一般情况下,氢原子的微扰解是无界的,因而系统是Lyapunov不稳定的,但在解有界的条件满足时,系统则是Lyapunov稳定的。     

Entanglement dynamics between an isolated atom and a moving atom in the cavity

The entanglement dynamics between an isolated atom and a moving atom interacting with a cavity field is investigated. The results show that there appears sudden death of entanglement between the isolated atom and the moving atom and that the time of entanglement sudden death (ESD) is independent of the initial state of the system. It is interesting that the isolated atom can also entangle with a cavity field, though they do not interact with each other originally, which stems from the fact that the entanglement between the isolated atom and the moving atom may turn into the entanglement between the isolated atom and the cavity.     

Magnon Blockade and Magnon–Atom Entanglement Induced by a Qutrit Coupled to a Ferromagnetic YIG Sphere

Hybridized magnonic–photonic systems promise novel applications for future information processing technologies. Here, a hybrid magnonic system comprising of a qutrit (Λ-type three-level atom) and a ferromagnetic YIG sphere is considered. Indeed, the whole system is driven by two light fields under the influence of the thermal environment. The indirect magnon–atom interaction is established via the virtual photon exchange. The associated Lindblad master equation is derived and its solution is found to investigate the nonclassical feature, especially in the steady-state solution. Generally, the system shows considerable nonclassicality, that is, strong magnon antibunching and magnon blockade. In fact, the feasibility of using such a hybrid system to prepare a single-magnon source based on magnon blockade effects we theoretically demonstrated. Besides, the considered system may be exploited to generate robust and stable magnon–atom entanglement. The appearance of magnon blockade and magnon–atom entanglement in the Λ-type atom may have its origin in the fact that the atom is trapped in different superposition states, induced by the quantum interference phenomenon. The proposed model and the corresponding results may open up an intriguing prospect to prepare a single-magnon source and provide further benefits through concatenating with photons in optomagnonic systems.