Splitting of N-type optical resonance formed in Λ-system of 85Rb atoms in a strong transverse magnetic field

We study narrow-band N-type resonance formed in a Λ-system of ⁸⁵Rb atoms. Even when thin (micrometer) optical cells are employed, N-type resonance has a high contrast. We used radiation of two cw diode lasers. Peculiarities of splitting of N-type resonance into six components in a strong transverse magnetic field are studied experimentally and theoretically and the conversion to the Paschen-Back regime on the hyperfine structure of ⁸⁵Rb atoms is recorded.     

Electromagnetically induced transparency in a Zeeman-sublevels Λ-system of cold ~(87)Rb atoms in free space

We report the experimental investigation of electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT) in a Zeeman-sublevelsΛ-type system of cold ~(87)Rb atoms in free space. We use the Zeeman substates of the hyperfine energy states 5~2S_(1/2), F = 2 and 5~2P_(3/2), F = 2 of ~(87)Rb D_2 line to form a Λ-type EIT scheme. The EIT signal is obtained by scanning the probe light over 1 MHz in 4 ms with an 80 MHz arbitrary waveform generator. More than 97% transparency and 100 k Hz EIT window are observed. This EIT scheme is suited for an application of pulsed coherent storage atom clock(Yan B, et al. 2009 Phys.Rev. A 79 063820).     

Normal modes of a probe field in the pulsed regime of electromagnetically induced transparency in a Λ-scheme of degenerate quantum transitions

The effect of separation of linearly polarized short probe pulses of electromagnetically induced transparency in the field of linearly polarized coupling radiation is modeled numerically. It is shown that the input-probe pulses polarized parallel or perpendicular to the input-probe field propagate in the medium without changing the state of their polarization. If the input-probe radiation is weak compared to the coupling radiation, then the probe field inside the medium is the sum of two independently propagating linearly polarized normal modes, which are excited by the projections of the input-probe pulse onto the direction of polarization of the coupling radiation and onto the perpendicular direction, respectively. The normal modes have the same phase velocities, but different velocities of their real envelopes. This circumstance leads to the rotation of the plane of polarization of the total probe field at short distances and to its separation into two pulses with mutually perpendicular directions of polarization at long distances. At a high intensity of the probe radiation, the input-probe pulse decays into pulses the planes of polarization of which are not mutually perpendicular. Under these conditions, it is impossible to represent the probe radiation as a sum of normal modes. The modeling is performed in the scheme of degenerate quantum transitions between states of levels ³ P ₀, ³ P ₁ ⁰, and ³ P ₂ of isotope ²⁰⁸Pb taking into account the Doppler broadening of spectral lines.     

Nonclassical properties in the resonant interaction of a three level Λ-type atom with two-mode field in coherent state

In this paper, we study the nonclassical properties of the electromagnetic field resulting from the interaction of a three-level Λ-type atom with a two-mode field initially in the coherent state, such as squeezing properties and sub-Poisson statistics. We show that the squeezing can be enhanced by selective atomic measurement.     

Spontaneous emission spectrum and level splitting of a three-level Λ-type atom in a damped cavity

We study the spontaneous emission spectrum of a three-level Λ-type atom in a damped cavity using the resolvent operator. The shape of the spectrum is strongly influenced by the detuning and the coupling intensity between the atom and the cavity mode. Especially, we find that the splittings of the upper level of the three-level Λ-type atom are different in strong coupling regime, intermediate coupling regime and weak coupling regimes.     

The hydrogen atom in D = 3 − 2ϵ dimensions

The nonrelativistic hydrogen atom in $D=3?2?$ dimensions is the reference system for perturbative schemes used in dimensionally regularized nonrelativistic effective field theories to describe hydrogen-like atoms. Solutions to the D-dimensional Schrödinger–Coulomb equation are given in the form of a double power series. Energies and normalization integrals are obtained numerically and also perturbatively in terms of ?. The utility of the series expansion is demonstrated by the calculation of the divergent expectation value $〈{(V^{\prime })}^2〉$.     

Photon higher-order squeezing effects of the q analogue of a single-mode field interacting with a Ξ-type three-level atom

The nonlinear theory of interaction between the q analogue of a single-mode field and a Ξ-type three-level atom has been established. And the formal solution of the Schrodinger equation in the representation and its average number are obtained. Then, the photon squeezing effects are studied through numerical calculation. The results show that the q deformation nonlinear action has a lot of influence on the quantum coherence and quantum properties. When q approaches 1, the theory reduces to the common linear theory.     

Photon higher-order squeezing effects of the q analogue of a single-mode field interacting with a Ξ-type three-level atom

The nonlinear theory of interaction between the q analogue of a single-mode field and a Ξ-type threelevel atom has been established. And the formal solution of the Schrodinger equation in the representation and its average number are obtained. Then, the photon squeezing effects are studied through numerical calculation. The results show that the q deformation nonlinear action has a lot of influence on the quantum coherence and quantum properties. When q approaches 1, the theory reduces to the common linear theory.     

Detecting a single atom in a cavity using the χ(2) nonlinear medium

We propose a protocol for detecting a single atom in a cavity with the help of the χ⁽²⁾ nonlinear medium. When the χ⁽²⁾ nonlinear medium is driven by an external laser field, the cavity mode will be squeezed, and thus one can obtain an exponentially enhanced light-matter coupling. Such a strong coupling between the atom and the cavity field can significantly change the output photon flux, the quantum fluctuations, the quantum statistical property, and the photon number distributions of the cavity field. This provides practical strategies to determine the presence or absence of an atom in a cavity. The proposed protocol exhibits some advantages, such as controllable squeezing strength and exponential increase of atom-cavity coupling strength, which make the experimental phenomenon more obvious. We hope that this protocol can supplement the existing intracavity single-atom detection protocols and provide a promise for quantum sensing in different quantum systems.     

Realization of 87Rb Bose–Einstein Condensates in Higher Bands of a Hexagonal Boron-Nitride Optical Lattice

Ultracold neutral atoms in higher bands of an optical lattice provide a natural avenue to emulate orbital physics in solid state materials. Here, we report the realization of 87Rb Bose–Einstein condensates in the fourth and seventh Bloch bands of a hexagonal boron-nitride optical lattice, exhibiting remarkably long coherence time through active cooling. Using band mapping spectroscopy, we observe that atoms condensed at the energy minimum of L point(K₁ and K₂ points) in the...     

Photoluminescence response of a quantum well to a change in the magnetic field of the Mn δ Layer in InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures

Ferromagnetic ordering of two types (depending on the sample geometry) is found to occur in a thin Ga_{1 − x} Mn _x As alloy layer (Mn δ layer) in heterostructures containing an InGaAs/GaAs quantum well. Singular samples in which the δ Mn layer is parallel to the (001) GaAs plane exhibit the “3/2” Bloch temperature dependence of magnetization, and vicinal samples in which the δ Mn layer deviates from the (001) GaAs plane exhibit a “percolation” ferromagnetic transition. The photoluminescence polarization of the quantum well is shown to follow changes in the magnetization of the Mn δ layer as a function of temperature according to the Bloch law in the singular samples and to a percolation law in the vicinal samples.     

Coherent trapping of populations upon excitation by the Λ-scheme in a weak magnetic field

We have studied the influence of a constant magnetic field on the possibility of the formation of dark states and on the behavior of the alignment of an ensemble of atoms with the filled ns shell the (n + 1)³ S ₁ state of which is excited by the Λ-scheme from states n ³ P ₁ and n ³ P ₂, which, in turn, are populated by means of an axially symmetric interaction.     

Scaled-energy spectroscopy of a ｜M｜= 1 Rydberg barium atom in an electric field

We observe strong energy-dependent quantum defects in the scaled-energy Stark spectra for |M| = 1 Rydberg states of barium atoms at three scaled energies: ε = 2.000,ε = 2.500 and ε = 3.000.In an attempt to explain the observations,theoretical calculations of closed orbit theory based on a model potential including core effect are performed for non-hydrogenic atoms.While such a potential has been uniformly successful for alkali atoms with a single valence electron,it fails to match experimental results for barium atoms in the 6snp Rydberg states with two valence electrons.Our study points out that this discrepancy is due to the strong perturbation from the 5d8p state,which voids the simple approximation for constant quantum defects of principle quantum number n.     

I–V characterization of a quantum well infrared photodetector with stepped and graded barriers

I–V characterization of an n-type quantum well infrared photodetector which consists of stepped and graded barriers has been done under dark at temperatures between 20–300 K. Different current transport mechanisms and transition between them have been observed at temperature around 47 K. Activation energies of the electrons at various bias voltages have been obtained from the temperature dependent I–V measurements. Activation energy at zero bias has been calculated by extrapolating the bias dependence of the activation energies. Ground state energies and barrier heights of the four different quantum wells have been calculated by using an iterative technique, which depends on experimentally obtained activation energy. Ground state energies also have been calculated with transfer matrix technique and compared with iteration results. Incorporating the effect of high electron density induced electron exchange interaction on ground state energies; more consistent results with theoretical transfer matrix calculations have been obtained.     

Speed of particles and a relativity of locality in κ-Minkowski quantum spacetime

The last decade of research on κ-Minkowski noncommutative spacetime has been strongly characterized by a controversy concerning the speed of propagation of massless particles. Most arguments suggested that this speed should depend on the momentum of the particle strongly enough to be of interest for some ongoing experimental studies. But the only explicit derivations of worldlines in κ-Minkowski predicted no momentum dependence for the speed of massless particles. We return to this controversy equipped with the recent understanding that in some quantum spacetimes coincidences of events assessed by an observer who is distant from the events can be artifactual. We therefore set up our investigation in such a way that we never rely on the assessment of coincidences of events by distant observers. This allows us to verify explicitly that in κ-Minkowski simultaneously-emitted massless particles of different momentum are detected at different times, and establish a linear dependence of the detection times on momentum.     

On the binding energies of excitons in polar quantum well structures in a weak electric field

The binding energies of excitons in quantum well structures subjected to an applied uniform electric field by taking into account the exciton longitudinal optical phonon interaction is calculated. The binding energies and corresponding Stark shifts for Ⅲ-Ⅴ and Ⅱ-Ⅵ compound semiconductor quantum well structures have been numerically computed. The results for GaAs/A1GaAs and ZnCdSe/ZnSe quantum wells are given and discussed. Theoretical results show that the exciton-phonon coupling reduces both the exciton binding energies and the Stark shifts by screening the Coulomb interaction. This effect is observable experimentally and cannot be neglected.     

Axis-Switching and Coriolis Coupling in the Ã(010)-X?(000) Transitions of DCCl and HCCl

The rotationally resolved Ã(010)-X?(000) spectrum of DCCl between 12 880 and 12 964 cm⁻¹ was measured using frequency-modulated laser absorption spectroscopy of jet-cooled and ambient temperature samples. Transitions to levels with K_a′=0 and 1 were assigned, and their analysis leads to improved accuracy of both the ground state rotational constants of DCCl and, when combined with existing data for HCCl, the geometry of the radical. In addition to the expected perpendicular band structure, a number of parallel (Δ K_a=0) subbands were observed. Their intensity derives from a combination of c-type Coriolis coupling and axis-switching (J. T. Hougen and J. K. G. Watson, 1965, Can. J. Phys.43, 298) resulting from the change in geometry between the two states. The two contributions have been calculated for the (010)-(000) band of DCCl and previously recorded data for HCCl. Satisfactory agreement with experimental measurements was obtained. The Coriolis contributions are small for these transitions, but may add to or subtract from the axis-switching. For higher bending excitation in the upper state, Coriolis coupling is predicted to make larger contributions to the parallel subband intensities.     

3S1–3D1 coupled channel ΛcN interactions:chiral effective field theory versus lattice QCD

We study the lattice QCD Λ_cN phase shifts for the ³S₁-³D₁ coupled channel using both the leading order covariant chiral effective theory and the next-to-leading order non-relativistic chiral effective field theory(ChEFT).We show that although it is possible to describe simultaneously the ³S₁ and ³D₁ phase shifts and the inelasticity η₁,the fitted energy range is quite small,only up to E<...