Experimental test of a superconducting digital interface for vortex qubits

We have developed and tested a classical superconducting logic interface to a qubit prototype based on two macroscopically distinct quantum states of a vortex in a long Josephson junction. The initial state preparation as well as the readout of a qubit is demonstrated by using a relatively simple Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) circuit. RSFQ logic appears as a very feasible choice for constructing an interface between superconducting qubits and room-temperature electronics.Received: 16 January 2004, Published online: 20 April 2004PACS: 74.40. + k Fluctuations (noise, chaos, nonequilibrium superconductivity, localization, etc.) - 74.50. + r Tunneling phenomena; point contacts, weak links, Josephson effects - 74.78.-w Superconducting films and low-dimensional structures     

Generation of partially coherent vortex bottle beams

Intensity distribution of the partially coherent Bessel vortex beams focused by an aperture lens is investigated. It is found that the intensity distribution in the neighborhood of the geometrical focus is not only dependent on the topological charge and the radial frequency of the incident partially coherent Bessel vortex beam, but also on its coherence length. Based on this, the desired partially coherent vortex bottle beams can be obtained by choosing appropriate values of parameters. Because such bottle beams possess characteristics of low coherence and vortex, it may be used in microscopic particles guiding, trapping, and inducing rotation.     

Multi-Gaussian Schell-model vortex beam

Multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) beam was introduced recently (Sahin and Korotkova, 2012 [34], and Korotkova et al., 2012 [35]). In this paper, multi-Gaussian Schell-model vortex (MGSMV) beam is introduced as a natural extension of MGSM beam. The explicit expression for the cross-spectral density of a MGSMV beam propagating through a stigmatic ABCD optical system is derived and the focusing properties of a MGSMV beam are studied in detail. It is found that we can shape the focused beam profile by varying the initial beam parameters, which will be useful in material thermal processing and particle trapping.     

部分相干光对周期性局域空心光束的影响

用旋转毛玻璃和光阑把激光变成部分相干光, 再经过双轴棱锥系统把一束平行光变成两束同频率但不同径向波矢分量的无衍射贝塞尔光, 相干叠加产生了部分相干的周期性局域空心光束. 通过干涉理论与实验结果相互佐证, 得出局域空心光束的周期为2.5 mm. 进一步探究入射光场相干度对产生局域空心光束的影响, 发现随着相干度的降低局域空心光束中心暗斑与周围光强的衬比度会降低, 但不影响局域空心光束的周期以及中心暗斑尺寸.     

拉盖尔高斯涡旋光束的传输

针对拉盖尔高斯涡旋光束,推导了其传输后目标平面上光电场的解析表达式,理论研究表明,传输一段距离后, 对于拉盖尔高斯光束的光斑大小的描述,高斯光斑尺寸已经不再适用.如果采用光强最亮处的半径来表示目标平面上的光斑大小则比较方便. 除了传输中的衍射导致光束展宽以外, 横截面上光束的相位分布也发生了独特的变化. 等相位线由原来的射线转化为弧线,拓扑电荷数为正时,弧线朝顺时针方向弯曲,拓扑电荷数为负时,弧线朝逆时针方向弯曲. 关键词： 涡旋光束 传输 光斑尺寸 相位分布     

基于调制光束的空间相干性获得局域空心光束

通过调制部分相干光的空间相干性,实现了局域空心光束的产生。理论上根据范西泰特-策尼克定理及标量衍射积分,构造出具有一定空间相干性的部分相干光,并研究其聚焦特性。实验上采用理论上要求的光学系统来构造具有特定空间相干性的部分相干光,并采用薄透镜聚焦部分相干光。研究表明,当构造出的部分相干光经透镜聚焦,可得到局域空心光束。研究了光学系统的参数及透镜焦距对产生局域空心光束的影响,结果显示：光阑的拦截比及透镜的焦距越大,获得的空心光束的尺寸就越大。     

基于调制光束的空间相干性获得局域空心光束

 通过调制部分相干光的空间相干性,实现了局域空心光束的产生。理论上根据范西泰特-策尼克定理及标量衍射积分,构造出具有一定空间相干性的部分相干光,并研究其聚焦特性。实验上采用理论上要求的光学系统来构造具有特定空间相干性的部分相干光,并采用薄透镜聚焦部分相干光。研究表明,当构造出的部分相干光经透镜聚焦,可得到局域空心光束。研究了光学系统的参数及透镜焦距对产生局域空心光束的影响,结果显示：光阑的拦截比及透镜的焦距越大,获得的空心光束的尺寸就越大。     

基于涡旋光束的超快速角向集束匀滑方案

针对惯性约束聚变装置对激光集束辐照均匀性的需求,提出了一种基于涡旋光束的超快速角向匀滑方案,即利用螺旋相位板使2×2集束中的两子束由超高斯光束变换为涡旋光束,而其余两子束不变,进而通过对子束偏振态和中心波长的调控,使集束中的涡旋光束和超高斯光束在靶面两两相干叠加.相干叠加后的焦斑以皮秒量级为周期超快速旋转,从而在极短时间内快速抹平焦斑强度调制,改善靶面辐照均匀性.通过建立基于螺旋相位板的激光超快速角向集束匀滑方案的物理模型,分析了其角向匀滑特性,并与光谱角色散技术和径向匀滑技术进行了比较分析.结果表明,这一新型激光集束匀滑方案能实现对焦斑的超快速角向匀滑,且能在数皮秒时间内达到最佳辐照均匀性.     

梯度轴棱锥产生单个Bottle beam

首次提出一种新的梯度轴棱锥模型,这种梯度轴棱锥在传统的轴棱锥基础上,将轴棱锥顶点的锥角设计成具有一定的梯度.平面波入射到这种梯度轴棱锥,其衍射场会形成两个区域的Bessel光,并且在这两个Bessel光之间形成一个Bottle beam（局域空心光束）.由于Bottle beam具有三维封闭的空心区域和极高的强度梯度,可用作激光导管、光镊和光学扳手等,在生命科学和纳米科技中有重要应用.从几何光学角度分析了梯度轴棱锥形成单个Bottle beam的原理,由衍射及相干理论,分析和模拟了纵向剖面光强分布和横截面光强分布.研究结果对梯度轴棱锥的设计和应用具有指导意义. 关键词： 梯度轴棱锥 Bottle beam 轴棱锥 Bessel光     

环形障碍物-轴棱锥产生局域空心光束

提出一种产生局域空心光束(bottle beam)的新方法,它是在传统的轴棱锥底面上放置一个环形障碍物.平面波入射到带有环形障碍物的轴棱锥底面时,将在轴棱锥产生的最大无衍射距离内形成bottle beam,而在bottle beam的前后仍然保持无衍射贝塞尔光.通过变化障碍物大小及轴棱锥底角实现bottle beam尺寸的控制.利用衍射理论描述了平面波经带有环形障碍物的轴棱锥产生bottle beam的原理,分析和模拟了传输过程中不同位置的截面光强分布及整个过程的三维光强分布,并给出相关的实验结果.研究结果对bottlebeam的实际应用具有积极的意义.     

Single laser beam fiber optic trap

Optical forces acting on a sphere were experimentally analyzed to investigate the single-beam fiber optic trap using a cleaved optical fiber or a lensed optical fiber. A stable optical trap could be created at the point where the x-directed (horizontal) optical forces were precisely balanced, and the vector sum of axial and transverse forces acting on a sphere gave a restoring force directed back to the stable point. As compared with other embodiments, such as a single-beam gradient trap (optical tweezers) and dual-beam fiber optical traps, this single-beam fiber optic trapping was most economical, much simpler to operate, and required relatively low optical power to capture an object. Furthermore, a lensed optical fiber could easily trap and manipulate a micro object in comparison with a cleaved optical fiber because of the strong transverse optical confinement.     

Crossed beam pump and probe dynamics in metal clusters

We investigate theoretically pump and probe dynamics in metal clusters with crossed-polarization laser beams. We explore the relation between the pronounced Mie plasmon resonance and the laser frequency. The resonance moves with the cluster radius and splits according to the actual deformation. We demonstrate that probe pulses with different (linear) polarization axes allow one to resolve the global shape oscillations of the cluster in monopole and quadrupole degrees of freedom.     

Stochastic electromagnetic vortex beam and its propagation

The recent theory formulated in terms of the 2×2 cross-spectral density matrix and the propagation law of cross-spectral density are employed to investigate the stochastic electromagnetic vortex beam and its propagation characterization. Based on these, we derived the general formulae for the intensity distribution, degree of coherence and degree of polarization for stochastic electromagnetic vortex beam while propagating in free space. It is shown that the intensity distribution and the degree of polarization of the stochastic electromagnetic vortex beam propagating in free space depend on the correlation length and the topological charge of the vortex beam.     

Pinning mechanism and vortex trap region in neutron star crusts

We investigate, in the framework of a trap/discharge vortex mechanism for pulsars glitches, different hypoteses in order to explain the origin as well as the behavior of the vortex—capacitor zone in the crust of a neutron star. We provide different scenarios depending of temperature and crustal structures.     

Pinning mechanism and vortex trap region in neutron star crusts

We investigate, in the framework of a trap/discharge vortex mechanism for pulsars glitches, different hypoteses in order to explain the origin as well as the behavior of the vortex-capacitor zone in the crust of a neutron star. We provide different scenarios depending of temperature and crustal structures.     

电子束离子阱对中性气体电荷交换的光谱诊断

在实验室天体物理研究中,电子束离子阱(EBIT)是极端紫外(EUV)和X射线波段能谱分析的重要实验平台,其中EBIT中心残余的中性气体对离子产生存在显著影响。研究了阱区中心残余中性气体对电荷态分布的影响,发现阱区中心残余中性气体和高电荷态离子之间的电荷/能量交换过程不仅影响离子的电荷分布, 而且对激发函数(离子分布比例随电子能量关系曲线)有着极大的影响。利用电离平衡分析方法成功诊断出阱区中心区域残留的中性气体分子数密度,以及内腔室的真空度。     

干涉理论对bottle beam的描述

对轴棱锥产生的贝塞尔光聚焦特性的描述，我们提出一种有别于惠更斯-菲涅耳衍射积分理论的解析表达.这种解析表达基于干涉理论的基础，它能够模拟计算出聚焦透镜置于最大准直距离之外以及在聚焦透镜焦平面以后的光束行为，能够更好地描述bottle beam的形成过程，这些结果用衍射积分理论是得不到的.我们还得到了与Wei用几何光学分析所得出的当z_0max将产生hollow beam的不同结论.所有理论计算结果都得到实验的有力验证. 关键词： bottle beam 贝塞尔光 轴棱锥 光镊     

阶变折射率轴棱锥产生局域空心光束

提出利用折射率成阶跃性变化的轴棱锥产生局域空心光束(bottlebeam).讨论了折射率沿径向成阶跃式减小或增加两种模型,从几何光学角度分析了它们产生bottle beam的原理,利用衍射积分理论数值模拟两种轴棱锥光传输的光场分布和不同距离处的二维光斑图,研究结果表明折射率沿径向阶跃减小的轴棱锥产生单个bottle beam,而折射率沿径向阶跃增加的轴棱锥产生具有周期再现的bottle beams.bottle beam在原子引导和囚禁、光学俘获及光镊等方面有广泛的应用,因此本文的研究对bottlebeam的产生和实际应用具有指导意义.     

Generation of bottle beam by focusing a super-Gaussian beam using a lens and an axicon

This study explores the characteristics of the bottle beams that are formed by super-Gaussian beams that impinge through an axicon and a positive lens. Analytical solutions for the on-axial intensity of Gaussian and apertured-plane beams were obtained. The barrier around the dark region has a larger variation of intensity for higher-order super-Gaussian profiles. Flattening the tops of the profiles increases the bottle lengths for a fixed second-order moment width or distance between the axicon and the lens.     

Landau-Zener interferometry for qubits

One may probe coherence of a qubit by periodically sweeping its control parameter. The qubit is then excited by the Landau-Zener (LZ) mechanism. The interference between multiple LZ transitions leads to an oscillatory dependence of the energy absorption rate on the sweeping amplitude and on the period. This interference pattern allows to determine the decoherence time of the qubit. We introduce a simple phenomenological model describing this interferometer, and find the form of the interference pattern.Received: 21 October 2003, Published online: 8 December 2003PACS: 03.67.-a Quantum information - 85.25.Dq Superconducting quantum interference devicesD.A. Ivanov: Present address: Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland