Experimental investigation of the longitudinal relaxation time of electronic polarization of the ground state of potassium atoms in a cell with an antirelaxation coating on the walls

We report the results of an experimental investigation of the longitudinal relaxation time T ₁ of the electronic polarization of the ground state of potassium atoms in cells with an antirelaxation coating on the walls. Investigations were performed for a number of cells at temperature T=24°C. The maximum recorded relaxation times τ are 3.6, 4.3, and 5.2 s for cells with diameter D=50,75, and 100 nm, respectively. These are the longest longitudinal relaxation times ever recorded in coated cells. The transverse relaxation time was measured for these cells at the same temperature: T ₂=0.72,1.1, and 1.4 s, respectively. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 3, 198–202 (10 August 1999)     

Temperature dependence of the kinetics of irreversible escape of cesium atoms from a vapor phase into an antirelaxation coating

The kinetics of escape of cesium atoms into an antirelaxation coating is experimentally studied in the temperature range 298?C335 K in a cell with a lock when the working volume of the cell and a stem with the metal are subjected to individual thermostating. Under all experimental conditions, the kinetic curve is found to be well described by a two-exponential function with fast and slow components. This kinetics is shown not to obey the Arrhenius law for the temperature range of changing the working volume temperature at a constant temperature of the stem with the metal. During simultaneous but different changes in the working volume temperature and the temperature of the stem with the metal, the temperature dependences of the fast and slow components of the kinetics decomposes into segments where the Arrhenius law is obeyed. The separation point is likely to be the melting temperature of the coating material. At high temperatures, the activation energy of escape of cesium atoms into the coating is found to be higher than that at low temperatures by approximately an order of magnitude.     

Modulation characteristics of resonance lines of Cs atoms in cells with antirelaxation coating

Modulation characteristics of absorption at the resonance D ₁ line of cesium atoms in a cell with antirelaxation coating are studied. It is experimentally shown that the minimum of the response to harmonic modulation in a certain frequency band coincides with Maxwellian velocity distribution maximum, despite the line profile distortion observed during linear frequency scanning [1]. The effect is theoretically explained.     

Measurement of a long electronic spin relaxation time of cesium atoms in superfluid helium

The longitudinal electronic spin relaxation time of Cs atoms optically polarized in superfluid helium (He II, 1.5 K) has been measured with special care to cope with a serious decrease in the number of Cs atoms in the observation region. This decrease, mainly caused by helium convection in introducing the atoms into He II by laser sputtering, was significantly reduced using a new atom implantation method. Combined with a careful correction for the number of atoms, we have determined the relaxation time to be 2.24(19) s or longer, roughly twice as long as that in solid He.     

Systematically investigating the polarization gradient cooling in an optical molasses of ultracold cesium atoms

We systematically investigate the polarization gradient cooling （PGC） process in an optical molasses of ultracold cesium atoms. The SR mode for changing the cooling laser, which means that the cooling laser frequency is stepped to the setting value while its intensity is ramped, is found to be the best for the PGC, compared with other modes studied. We verify that the heating effect of the cold atoms, which appears when the cooling laser intensity is lower than the saturation intensity, arises from insufficient polarization gradient cooling. Finally, an exponential decay function with a statistical explanation is introduced to explain the dependence of the cold atom temperature on the PGC interaction time.     

类碳体系基态能量的精细结构(英文)

以多电子原子精细结构哈密顿的球张量形式和不可约张量理论为基础,建立了计算多电子原子精细结构(包括自旋-轨道相互作用、自旋-其它轨道相互作用和自旋-自旋相互作用)能量的一般性解析理论形式,应用所建立的理论对类碳体系(Z=6～8)基态的精细结构能量进行了具体计算,计算结果与实验数据符合得较好.     

Effect of an additionally induced polarization of the ground state of an atom on multiphoton transitions

Multiphoton transitions in the Ba atom are experimentally studied in the presence of strong nonresonant radiation that additionally polarizes atoms in the ground state. It is found that the additionally induced polarization of Ba atoms leads to an increase in the probability of multiphoton transitions from this state.     

Dependence of phase dynamics of light interacting with two-level atoms on the initial state of atoms

We have studied the phase properties of initially coherent light interacting with two identical two-level atoms using the Hermitian phase operator of Pegg and Barnett. The results show that, in a certain initial state of the atoms, the field would, to a certain extent, preserve its order in phase, even for a long interaction time with the two atoms.     

类硼离子基态的精细结构(英文)

以多电子精细结构哈密顿的球张量形式为基础,借助不可约张量理论,建立了类硼离子基态精细结构能量的解析表达式.完成了所有角向积分和自旋求和计算,使精细结构能量表示为若干个径向积分之和.在此基础上计算了类硼体系(Z=5~8)基态精细结构能量,计算结果与实验数据符合得较好.     

自旋极化对Kondo系统基态的影响

Anderson模型中的自旋极化效应是一个普遍存在的问题.本文从Anderson杂质模型出发,利用变分及对角化方法分析了自旋极化所引起的系统基态性质的改变,分别研究了自旋极化对Kondo单态以及高温超导两分量模型中Zhang-Rice单态稳定性的影响问题.     

Dependence of extinction cross-section on incident polarization state and particle orientation

This note reports on the effects of the polarization state of an incident quasi-monochromatic parallel beam of radiation and the orientation of a hexagonal ice particle with respect to the incident direction on the extinction process. When the incident beam is aligned with the six-fold rotational symmetry axis, the extinction is independent of the polarization state of the incident light. For other orientations, the extinction cross-section for linearly polarized light can be either larger or smaller than its counterpart for an unpolarized incident beam. Therefore, the attenuation of a quasi-monochromatic radiation beam by an ice cloud depends on the polarization state of the beam if ice crystals within the cloud are not randomly oriented. Furthermore, a case study of the extinction of light by a quartz particle is also presented to illustrate the dependence of the extinction cross-section on the polarization state of the incident light.     

类碳体系基态能量的相对论修正(英文)

以Breit-Pauli哈密顿的球张量形式为基础,借助不可约张量理论,将多电子原子能量的相对论修正理论拓展到了原子的拉卡波函数为多个Slater基函数的线性组合的情形,导出了此情形下多电子原子能量相对论修正(包括相对论质量修正项、单体和双体迭尔文修正项、自旋-自旋接触相互作用项)的解析表达式,完成了所有角向积分和自旋求和计算.利用所建立的理论,对类碳体系基态能量的相对论修正进行了具体计算.     

氩原子和类氩离子相对论修正

以相对论修正哈密顿(包括质量修正、单体和双体达尔文修正、自旋-自旋接触相互作用)的球张量形式为基础, 借助不可约张量理论导出了类氩体系基态能量的相对论修正的解析表达式. 在斯莱特表象中完成了所有的角向积分和自旋求和计算, 能量的相对论修正式用径向矩阵元的线性组合来表示.对类氩体系基态能量的相对论修正值进行了具体计算,相对误差均小于0.0459%     

Detection of quadrupole relaxation in an optically pumped cesium vapour

Summary The relaxation of quadrupole orientation induced by means of optical pumping in a cesium vapour is experimentally studied, and the results are compared to the theoretical predictions. The optical detection process of this type of orientation is also discussed as a function of the polarization and spectral profile of the detection light.

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Riassunto Si studia sperimentalmente il rilassamento dell'orientamento quadrupolare indotto mediante pompaggio ottico in un vapore di cesio e i risultati sono confrontati con le previsioni teoriche. Si discute anche il processo ottico di determinazione di questo tipo di orientamento in funzione della polarizzazione e del profilo spettrale della luce di rilevamento.

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Резюме Экспериментально исследуется релаксация квадрупольной ориентации, индуцированной с помощью оптической накачки в парах цезия. Полученные результаты сравниваются с теоретическими предсказаниями. Также обсуждается процесс оптического детектирования этого типа ориентации в зависимости от поляризации и спектрального профиля детектируемого света.

     

Collision-induced amplification of short-wave radiation on transitions to the ground state of atoms

A new version of obtaining short-wave lasing on transition between highly excited states and the ground state of active atoms in the buffer gas atmosphere is studied theoretically. The mechanism of obtaining population inversion on such a transition is associated with the establishment of the local Boltzmann distribution of populations in a group of highly excited levels due to frequent collisions. If the excitation of the upper-lying level is performed by two laser radiation sources with frequencies ω₁ and ω₂, short-wave lasing can be obtained at a frequency close to the total frequency ω₁ + ω₂. The conditions for the emergence of population inversion are analyzed and simple analytic formulas are derived. It is shown that collision-induced enhancement of short-wave radiation can occur for pumping intensities on the order of 100 W/cm². For pumping intensities on the order of 1000 W/cm², the amplification factor for short-wave radiation may attain values of 3 cm^?1 (for an active atom concentration of N ～ 10¹⁵ cm^?3), which is sufficient for the development of lasing per path through an active medium (superradiance condition) for a length of the active medium on the order of 10 cm.     

Deexcitation of Cd 53P1 atoms in collisions with ground state atoms and molecules

Collisions of excited Cd 5³P₁ atoms were investigated using atomic fluorescence spectroscopy. Cadmium vapor, together with a quenching gas, was irradiated in a quartz fluorescence vessel with Cd 3261 Å resonance radiation and the intensity of the resulting resonance fluorescence was monitored in relation to the gas pressures. The experiments yielded the following cross sections Q₁₀ (in A²) for collisional transfer 5³P₁→5³P₀: CdAr=2×10^?3, CdN₂=8.0, CdH₂=7.0, CdCO=15.6. The cross sections Q for collisional deexcitation to the ground state (quenching) in A² are CdN₂ = 2.6×10^?2, CdH₂ = 11.0, CdCO = 3.4, CdCO₂ = 26.