Unraveling the electronic structure of transition metal dimers using resonant four‐wave mixing

The potential of two‐color resonant and degenerate four‐wave mixing spectroscopy for investigations of the complex spectra of transition metal dimers is explored. Two‐color resonant and degenerate four‐wave mixing spectroscopy scans of the well‐known A‐X and B‐X transitions in Cu₂ are reported and compared with previous experimental data obtained from standard single‐resonance techniques. The selectivity of the method is shown to enable the measurement of isotopologue pure spectra without the need for isotopically enriched metal targets. Specific subsets of the rovibronic structure are separated in a congested spectral region of overlapping transitions. The sensitivity of the method compares satisfactorily with linear spectroscopic methods such as laser‐induced fluorescence and cavity ring‐down. A new laser vaporization source for the production of transition metal dimers and clusters has been constructed. The new design aims for a high number density and maximum possible shot‐to‐shot stability. The possibilities of further applications of non‐linear four‐wave mixing spectroscopy to Cu₂ and other transition metal dimers are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

四波混频与瑞利散射场的干涉现象

介绍在半导体量子阱的飞秒激光四波混频实验中观测到的新的干涉现象.分析表明,实验曲线中的相干振荡来自样品的瑞利散射与四波混频信号的干涉.运用此干涉模型进行了理论模拟,所得结果与实验符合得很好,并由此较准确地得到了介质的退相时间为44 fs. 关键词： 量子阱 四波混频 瑞利散射     

封闭和开放铯原子系统中的EIA效应

本文主要从实验上研究了封闭的简并二能级铯原子系统中的电磁感应吸收效应(EIA)。当泵浦和探测光作用于铯原子的6S1/2 F=4 à 6P3/2F′=5跃迁时，获得了EIA信号，同时研究了泵浦光的频率失谐和强度对EIA信号的影响。在6S1/2 F=4 à 6P3/2 F′=4和6S1/2 F=4 à 6P3/2 F′=3两个开放的二能级系统中也观察到了EIA信号。在6S1/2 F=3 à 6P3/2 F′=4的跃迁上增加一个repumping 激光,将使EIA信号增加。     

N5B五能级系统中重复缀饰四波混频研究

从理论上研究了N5B五能级系统中一个激光场重复缀饰四波混频过程.结合能级图分析,从它特殊的Autler-Town分裂峰中可以非常清晰地看出其重复缀饰的作用.还研究了在强Probe场和强耦合场下N5B五能级下缀饰四波混频信号的抑制增强现象.采取独特的处理方法——独立作用法,研究结果表明一个激光场作用于N5B五能级系统时存在两次缀饰,并形成缀饰能级的二重分裂或者三重分裂,不同于多个耦合场对原子的多重缀饰作用.应用于非线性光谱术中对多峰结构的研究. 关键词： 四波混频 电磁感应透明 重复缀饰     

受限原子极化相干缀饰四波混频光谱

研究了两电介质面间级联四能级系统原子的缀饰四波混频(FWM)光谱.在缀饰场的作用下FWM信号可产生Autler-Townes (AT)分裂,分裂所产生的峰及凹陷的线型及缀饰场对FWM信号的抑制与增强效应均受原子极化相干及受限原子与光场相互作用瞬态机制的调制.     

受限原子极化相干缀饰四波混频光谱

研究了两电介质面间级联四能级系统原子的缀饰四波混频(FWM)光谱.在缀饰场的作用下FWM信号可产生Autler-Townes (AT)分裂,分裂所产生的峰及凹陷的线型及缀饰场对FWM信号的抑制与增强效应均受原子极化相干及受限原子与光场相互作用瞬态机制的调制.     

Controllable optical mirror of cesium atoms with four-wave mixing

The controllable optical mirror is experimentally accomplished in a Λ-type three-level atomic system coupled with standing wave. It is shown that the reflection of probe light results from electromagnetically-induced-transparency-based four-wave mixing, therefore the reflection efficiency is highly dependent on the angle for phase matching condition between the probe and coupling fields. The measured reflection spectra show good agreement with dispersion compensation theory.     

Polarisation-sensitive four-wave mixing and soliton self-frequency shift effect in the highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre

By adjusting the polarisation state of the pump at 805 nm parallel to slow (x) and fast (y) axes of the highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre with zero dispersion wavelengths 790 nm and 750 nm, this paper demonstrates the efficient polarisation-sensitive four wave mixing involved in pump, anti-Stokes and Stokes signals and soliton self-frequency shift effects induced by the phase-matching between red-shifted solitons and blue-shifted dispersive waves. If the reduction of coupling efficiency to the circular pump laser mode or other circular fibres due to asymmetry of the core is neglected, more than 98% of the total input power is kept in a single linear polarisation. Controlled dispersion characteristic of the doublet of fundamental guided-modes results in achieving light field strongly confined in principal axes of photonic crystal fibre, and enhancing the corresponding nonlinear-optical process through the remarkable nonlinear birefringence.     

砷化镓晶体中的四波混频

本文报道了以1.06μm调QNd:YAG激光脉冲,采用简并四波混频的方法,在未掺杂的GaAs单晶中产生红外位相共轭短脉冲。研究了该光脉冲的主要特性。用实验的方法探讨了影响共轭光强弱的主要因素。     

Resonantly enhanced continuous-wave four-wave mixing with spontaneously generated coherence in a five-state cold atomic medium

Using Schroedinger-Maxwell formalism, we propose and analyse a continuous-wave four-wave mixing (FWM) scheme for the generation of coherent light in a five-state double-A atomic system with or without spontaneously generated coherence (SGC) based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). We derive the corresponding explicit analytical expressions for the generated FWM field under the steady-state condition. The influence of hyperfine sublevel and SGC effect on the amplitude of the generated FWM field is predicted in detail via the derived analytical expressions. We also give a brief discussion on the experimental realization of the proposed scheme.     

半导体激光器激活层中的四波混频和相位共轭光的发生

本文提出了一种从半导体激光器中发生和检测相位共轭光的新方法,并用1.3μm分布反馈半导体激光器作了实验验证。本方法不仅可以用来发生相位共轭光,还可以用来研究振荡运转中的激光激活介质的非线性光学特性。     

Superradiant cascade emissions in an atomic ensemble via four-wave mixing

We investigate superradiant cascade emissions from an atomic ensemble driven by two-color classical fields. The correlated pair of photons (signal and idler) is generated by adiabatically driving the system with large-detuned light fields via four-wave mixing. The signal photon from the upper transition of the diamond-type atomic levels is followed by the idler one which can be superradiant due to light-induced dipole–dipole interactions. We then calculate the cooperative Lamb shift (CLS) of the idler photon, which is a cumulative effect of interaction energy. We study its dependence on a cylindrical geometry, a conventional setup in cold atom experiments, and estimate the maximum CLS which can be significant and observable. Manipulating the CLS of cascade emissions enables frequency qubits that provide alternative robust elements in quantum network.     

Absorption spectroscopy of cold caesium atoms confined in a magneto-optical trap

Absorption spectra of cold caesium atoms confined in a magneto-optical trap are measured around D_2 line at 852nm with a weak probe beam. Absorption reduction dip due to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect induced by the cooling/trapping field in a V-type three-level system and a gain peak near the cycling transition are clearly observed. Several mechanisms mixed with EIT effect in a normal V-type three-level system are briefly discussed. A simple theoretical analysis based on a dressed-state model is presented for interpretation of the absorption spectra.     

应用双光子共振非简并四波混频测量Ba原子里德伯态

使用具有中间态的双光子共振非简并四波混频(NFWM)测量了Ba原子J＝0和J＝2的偶宇称里德伯线系，与现代实验方法不同，本方法是纯光学的方法，其光路简单，检测的是相干光，而不是电子或离子信号.当用窄带宽的激光时，本技术对里德伯能级的窄光谱结构可以获得消多普勒的分辨率. 关键词： 四波混频 里德伯态     

Broadband cascaded four-wave mixing by using a three-pump technique in optical fibers

We present an optimized technique to generate frequency combs by four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear low-dispersion fibers. Three-pumps with unequally spaced frequencies (separation of 100 and 200 GHz) were used. The pumps were located relatively close to the zero-dispersion wavelength of the fiber. Using this three-pump technique we obtained a total of 275 FWM products experimentally, with a 100 GHz spacing and a spanning of over 220 nm.     

Rydberg原子研究的新方法

本文首次用非简并四波混频测量了钠原子的Rydberg态系列光谱,并就其某一条谱线在不同压力下的碰撞加宽进行研究.     

Atomic coherence in nondegenerate four-wave mixing

Two-photon resonant nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NFWM) with the addition of a coupling field in Ba atomic vapour has been studied. We find that coherence of the atomic level transitions leads to suppression of the NFWM signal, giving rise to a dip with a linewidth that is linearly proportional to the intensity of the coupling field.     

Slow light via four-wave mixing in a hot rubidium vapour

In this work,we report on an off-resonant four-wave mixing experiment via a ladder-type configuration in a hot rubidium atomic vapour.We find for the first time,to the best of our knowledge,that the generated light is delayed compared with the reference.At the same time,the seeded signal beam is also delayed,though the delay time is not as so large as the one that the generated light has.Both delayed times can be adjusted experimentally by controlling the two-photon detuning.The experimental results are in good agreement with our theoretical predictions.Our results may be important for storing telecom-band photons.     

Theory of degenerate four-wave mixing in three-level atoms

We derive a theoretical model for phase conjugation in three level atoms. The atoms are assumed to be at rest and the intensities I₁ and I₂ of the pump beams can take arbitrary large values. We calculate the lineshape for a thin optical medium in the case of plane waves and of gaussian beams. In the case of a thick optical medium, we show that the gain saturates if I₁ ≠ I₂.