The method of polarization tomography of radiation in quantum optics

The essence and basic structural elements of the method of polarization tomography of quantum radiation (the reconstruction of the polarization states of a field solely from polarization measurements) are described. The essential features of the method are discussed in comparison with usual field and spin tomographies. A general scheme for experimentally implementing this method is suggested and its use in polarization tomography of biphotonic radiation with hidden polarization is briefly analyzed.     

电子磁矩对同步辐射频谱的修正

本文从偶极子辐射场的Heaviside-Feynman表达式出发, 用经典的电动力学方法推导了考虑内禀磁矩影响后的相对论电子辐射频谱分布的表达式, 并对做匀速圆周运动的极端相对论性电子的同步辐射, 计算了两个偏振方向上的考虑磁矩修正后的辐射谱. 计算结果表明对于特征频率为ω_c的同步辐射, 如果ħω_c≥10 keV, 内禀磁矩对辐射的修正是可观的. 通过同步辐射的内禀磁矩修正, 本文讨论了电子束极化度与辐射场偏振度的依赖关系, 并基于此关系提出一种测量电子束极化度的新方法. 关键词： 同步辐射 电子内禀磁矩 同步辐射偏振度 束流极化度     

Multidirectional,multipolarization antennas for scalar and tensor gravitational radiation

Summary Some gravitational radiation antenna designs are discussed which are capable of distinguishing between the spin zero scalar radiation predicted by the Brans-Dicke theory of gravitation and the spin two tensor radiation predicted by the Einstein theory of gravitation. The antennas will also give information concerning the direction to the source of radiation, and will measure the polarization of the tensor radiation. The designs consist of symmetric masses with approapriately spaced and oriented transducers. The transducers are combined to give orthogonal outputs. Linear combinations of these orthogonal outputs then are uniquely associated with the various possible combinations of radiation type, propagation, direction and polarization, orientation. Essay submitted to the 1969 Awards for Essays on Gravity, Gravity Research Foundation, New Boston, New Hampshire.     

Excitons and multi-exciton complexes bound to a two-dimensional hole layer at a silicon surface: the Kondo effect,the Coulomb blockade and a negative photoconductivity

The recombination radiation line of surface excitons and the recombination radiation line of multi-exciton complexes bound to a two-dimensional hole layer are observed in luminescence spectra of [100] silicon metal–oxide–semiconductor structures at low two-dimensional hole density. The circular polarization of these two lines in a transverse magnetic field is defined by the average electron spin. The hole spin contribution to the circular polarization is very small due to Kondo spin correlations of holes in the excitons and complexes and holes in the two-dimensional hole layer. The Coulomb blockade excludes a direct contribution of the complexes to a surface photoconductivity. Moreover, a significant negative photoconductivity of the two-dimensional holes is observed at high excitation levels, presumably as a result of the quantum scattering of the two-dimensional holes by the complexes. A shell model of surface multi-exciton complexes is introduced.     

A new scheme for measuring itinerant spin polarizations

An optical method for the measurement of itinerant electron spin polarization is proposed. It is based on the idea that when an itinerant electron is injected into a p-type semiconductor with a valence band spin orbit splitting ? kT, the polarization of the resulting recombination radiation is characteristic of the spin polarization. The feasibility and advantages of this technique are discussed.     

Spin-orbit-induced photoelectron spin polarization in angle-resolved photoemission from both atomic and condensed matter targets

The existence of highly spin polarized photoelectrons emitted from non-magnetic solids as well as from unpolarized atoms and molecules has been found to be very common in many studies over the past 40 years. This so-called Fano effect is based upon the influence of the spin-orbit interaction in the photoionization or the photoemission process. In a non-angle-resolved photoemission experiment, circularly polarized radiation has to be used to create spin polarized photoelectrons, while in angle-resolved photoemission even unpolarized or linearly polarized radiation is sufficient to get a high spin polarization. In past years the Rashba effect has become very important in the angle-resolved photoemission of solid surfaces, also with an observed high photoelectron spin polarization. It is the purpose of the present topical review to cross-compare the spin polarization experimentally found in angle-resolved photoelectron emission spectroscopy of condensed matter with that of free atoms, to compare it with the Rashba effect and topological insulators to describe the influence and the importance of the spin-orbit interaction and to show and disentangle the matrix element and phase shift effects therein.The relationship between the energy dispersion of these phase shifts and the emission delay of photoelectron emission in attosecond-resolved photoemission is also discussed. Furthermore the influence of chiral structures of the photo-effect target on the spin polarization, the interferences of different spin components in coherent superpositions in photoemission and a cross-comparison of spin polarization in photoemission from non-magnetic solids with XMCD on magnetic materials are presented; these are all based upon the influence of the spin-orbit interaction in angle-resolved photoemission.     

Dynamic nuclear polarization in silicon microparticles

We report record high 29Si spin polarization obtained using dynamic nuclear polarization in microcrystalline silicon powder. Unpaired electrons in this silicon powder are due to dangling bonds in the amorphous region of this intrinsically heterogeneous sample. 29Si nuclei in the amorphous region become polarized by forced electron-nuclear spin flips driven by off-resonant microwave radiation while nuclei in the crystalline region are polarized by spin diffusion across crystalline boundaries. Hyperpolarized silicon microparticles have long T1 relaxation times and could be used as tracers for magnetic resonance imaging.     

Elektronen-Spinpolarisation beim Photoeffekt mit zirkularpolarisiertem Licht an Alkalischichten

The spin polarization of photoelectrons emitted by alkali surfaces illuminated with monochromatic circularly polarized radiation has been observed. Maximum spin polarization of 4.5% is obtained with cesium at a wavelength of about 4500 Å. Both maximum spin polarization and the wavelength of the maximum decrease monotonically with decreasing atomic number. The spin polarization is zero within experimental errors, in the case of solid sodium and lithium.     

相对论涡旋高次谐波的产生与调控理论研究

目前,具有螺旋相位波前和环状光强分布的涡旋光束已在光学领域获得了广泛应用,其产生与调控自然成了研究的热点。利用三维粒子模拟程序对双色拉盖尔高斯激光驱动固体等离子激发同时携带自旋角动量与轨道角动量的高次谐波的物理过程进行了研究,根据高次谐波产生过程中的光子能量与角动量守恒定律对其内在物理机制进行了理论分析,并讨论了对谐波阶次、偏振态（自旋角动量）以及拓扑荷数（轨道角动量）进行调控的方法。研究结果为开发高亮度、超短超快、短波长、自旋与轨道角动量可调控的涡旋光束辐射源提供了理论依据,在光学微操控、超分辨成像、光通信以及离子加速等领域具有较大的实际应用前景。     

Relativistic one-step photoemission calculations for Pt(1 1 1)

A fully relativistic one-step theory of photoemission has been applied to normal emission from Pt(1 1 1) induced by circularly polarized ultraviolet radiation. The calculated spin polarization and intensity spectra are in quantitative agreement with experimental data. Individual features are identified as bulk interband transitions and one-dimensional density of state involving initial states of specified symmetries.     

Theory of spin polarization phenomena in atomic and molecular photoeffects

A compact invariant expression for the angular distribution of photoelectrons formed as a result of photoionization of axisymmetrically polarized atoms and molecules, including optically active molecules, is derived from the general symmetry considerations and using a recently developed bipolar harmonic reduction technique. In the angular distribution of photoelectrons, as well as in the total photoionization cross section, the dependence on all the geometric parameters is separated completely. The polarization of ionizing radiation can be arbitrary, with the partial polarization being specified by the Stokes parameters. The expression for the angular distribution of photoelectrons escaping from an atomic-molecular system oriented in the first order also determines the structure of the expression for the photoionization cross section of an unpolarized system with allowance for the spin polarization of a photoelectron or a photoion with the spin 1/2. The roles played by circular dichroism, chirality, etc., in the process of photoionization of oriented and aligned systems are analyzed in detail.     

Lienard-Wiechert potentials and synchrotron radiation from a relativistic spinning particle in pseudoclassical theory

For a relativistic spinning particle with an anomalous magnetic moment, Lienard-Wiechert potentials are constructed within the pseudoclassical approach. Some specific cases of the motion of a spinning particle are considered on the basis of general expressions obtained in this study for the Lienard-Wiechert potentials. In particular, the intensity of the synchrotron radiation from a transversely polarized particle moving along a circle at a constant speed is investigated as a function of the particle spin. In the specific case of particles having no anomalous magnetic moment and moving in an external uniform magnetic field, the resulting expressions coincide with familiar formulas from the quantum theory of radiation. The spin dependence of the polarization of synchrotron radiation is investigated.     

Conversion of spin into directed electric current in quantum wells

A nonequilibrium population of spin-up and spin-down states in quantum well structures has been achieved applying circularly polarized radiation. The spin polarization results in a directed motion of free carriers in the plane of a quantum well perpendicular to the direction of light propagation. Because of the spin selection rules the direction of the current is determined by the helicity of the light and can be reversed by switching the helicity from right to left handed. A microscopic model is presented which describes the origin of the photon helicity driven current. The model suggests that the system behaves as a battery which generates a spin polarized current.     

Spin polarization in quantum dots by radiation field with circular polarization

For circular quantum dot (QD), taking into account the Razhba spin-orbit interaction (SOI), an exact energy spectrum is obtained. For a small SOI constant, the eigenfunctions of the QD are found. It is shown that the application of a radiation field with circular polarization removes the Kramers degeneracy of the QD eigenstates. Effective spin polarization of electrons transmitted through the QD owing to a radiation field with circular polarization is demonstrated.     

Evolution of the theory of a “luminous” electron

A brief survey is presented here of studies contributing to the theory of synchrotron radiation and several quantum effects which accompany the motion of electrons in a magnetic field. Equations which describe the amplitude characteristics of radial and axial oscillations of an electron moving in a nonuniform magnetic field with a weak focus are derived on the basis of the quantum theory. The characteristics of electron spin are analyzed, with oscillations in a nonuniform field (spontaneous polarization) taken into account. Depolarizing spin resonances in accumulators are interpreted in terms of the quantum theory.     

超精细结构效应对辐射光谱圆极化特性的影响

在相对论多组态Dirac-Fock方法和密度矩阵理论的基础上,利用发展的全相对论扭曲波程序,系统研究了超精细结构效应对纵向极化电子碰撞激发过程以及退激发辐射光谱圆极化特性的影响.计算得到了类氦Sc~(19+)和~(205)Tl~(79+)离子1s~2 ~1S_0→1s2p ~3P_2超精细结构层次上M_F能级的碰撞强度,考察了辐射衰变过程中发出特征光子的极化特性,并分析了E1-M2量子干涉效应以及电子-电子间相互作用的相对论修正对退激发辐射光子圆极化度的影响.     

Spontaneous emission of NMR signals in hyperpolarized proton spin systems

Hyperpolarization of nuclear spins is gaining increasing interest as a tool for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of NMR and MRI. While in principle, hyperpolarized samples are amenable to the same or similar experiments as are used in conventional NMR, the large spin polarization may give rise to unexpected effects. Here, spontaneous emission of signal was observed from proton spin systems, which were hyperpolarized to negative spin temperature by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). An unexpected feature of these emissions is that, without any radio-frequency excitation, multiple beats arise that cannot be explained by the Bloch equations with radiation damping. However, we show that a simple modification to these equations, which takes into account an additional supply of hyperpolarized magnetization from a reservoir outside of the active detection region, can phenomenologically describe the observed signal. The observed effect demonstrates that even well-known mechanisms of spin evolution can give rise to unexpected effects when working with hyperpolarized samples, which may need to be addressed through the development of new experimental techniques.     

Control of spin state in CdSe quantum dots by coupling with magnetic semiconductor quantum dots

We studied spin states of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) coupled with CdMnSe QDs by probing circular polarization of photoluminescence spectrum under external magnetic fields. The bandgap energies of CdSe and CdMnSe QDs are close to each other and photoluminescence mainly originates from CdSe QDs due to relatively low radiation efficiency of CdMnSe QDs. The photoluminescence lifetime as well as its intensity was decreased with increasing magnetic field, which was ascribed to the increase in the ground state wavefunctions in CdMnSe QDs. The decrease was more pronounced for spin down electrons, which was explained by the difference in spin up and down wave functions under magnetic fields. Our results show that the spin state of CdSe QDs can be manipulated by coupling with CdMnSe QDs.     

Linear Optic Response of a Noncollinear Magnetic System: Hydrodynamic Theory

A hydrodynamic theory of the linear response of a noncollinearly magnetized medium interacting with electromagnetic radiation has been developed. Linear and quadratic magnetization effects caused by the spatial inhomogeneity of the magnetic moment have been analyzed. Linear magnetization effects include an effect similar to nonreciprocal birefringence, as well as reciprocal and nonreciprocal rotation of the plane of polarization, caused by the inhomogeneity of the magnetic moment. It has been shown that an effect caused by the equilibrium spin current can appear in the considered medium. This effect is determined either by the inhomogeneity of the spin current or by the spatial dispersion of a wave. The effect associated with the spatial dispersion of the wave is linear in its wave vector and is similar to nonreciprocal birefringence. The effect associated with the inhomogeneity of the spin current describes the rotation of the plane of polarization, which, however, can occur in the system with zero average magnetization.     

Zero-magnetization ferromagnet proven by helicity-switching Compton scattering

A single crystal of gadolinium-doped SmAl(2) has zero magnetization in the midst of the ordered temperature region, despite the probable ferromagnetic spin ordering. The asymmetry in Compton-scattering intensity when switching between right- and left-handed polarization of incident 150-keV synchrotron radiation provides decisive proof that ferromagnetic order is really there, and that spin and orbital magnetic contributions cancel. The experiments also show that the spin direction at this zero-magnetization state is rather stable against the external magnetic field and, nevertheless, reversible by a preceding control of temperature and an external field.