Rare-earth-doped materials for applications in quantum information storage and signal processing

Realization of practical quantum memory and optical signal processing systems critically depends on suitable materials that offer specific combinations of properties. Solid-state materials such as rare-earth ions doped into dielectric crystals are one of the most promising candidates for several quantum information storage protocols, including quantum storage of single photons. This article provides an overview of rare-earth-doped material properties and summarizes some of the most promising materials studied in our laboratory and by other groups for applications in quantum information storage and for ultra-wide bandwidth signal processing. Understanding and controlling spectral diffusion in these materials, which ultimately limits the achievable performance of any quantum memory system, is also briefly reviewed. Applications in quantum information impose stringent requirements on laser phase and frequency stability, and employing a narrow spectral hole in the inhomogeneous absorption profile in these materials as a frequency reference can dramatically improve laser stability. We review our work on laser frequency and phase stabilization and report our recent results on using a narrow spectral hole as a passive dynamic spectral filter for laser phase noise suppression, which can dramatically narrow the laser linewidth with or without the requirement of active feedback.     

囚禁离子非线性Jaynes-Cummings模型量子场熵演化特性

利用VonNeuuman量子约化熵理论研究了驻波激光场与囚禁在谐振势中的离子单量子共振相互作用系统中量子场熵的时间演化特性,通过数值计算详细讨论了Lamb-Dick参数、离子质心在驻波激光场中的位置以及囚禁离子初始状态对量子场熵演化特性的影响.结果表明:Lamb-Dick参数影响囚禁离子与驻波激光场之间量子纠缠的频率和幅度,其值越大离子与光场之间的平均纠缠程度越低;随着离子质心从驻波激光场的波节向波腹移动,二者之间量子纠缠的振荡频率逐渐变慢,纠缠强度逐渐减弱;随着囚禁离子处于激发态概率的减小,离子与光场之间的量子纠缠呈现先增强后减弱的变化趋势.这些特性对于纠缠态的制备以及利用囚禁离子进行量子通讯等信息处理过程有一定的参考价值.     

冷原子穿越激光束的量子隧穿时间

原子通过激光冷却技术能够被制备在低温状态，这时冷原子云会展现出量子力学的波动性.研究了一束冷原子入射到一个蓝失谐的激光束上所表现出的量子力学隧穿效应.蓝失谐的激光束相对于冷原子而言等效于一个量子力学势垒.根据二能级模型，在理论上分析了具有内部结构的原子矢量物质波穿过激光束的量子力学反射与透射，特别是对原子穿越激光束所需的时间——量子隧穿时间进行了详细的研究.量子力学波动性使得冷原子穿越一个激光束时明显地展现出与经典粒子(热原子)不同的结果. 关键词： 冷原子 原子光学 量子隧穿     

Two-photon excited photoluminescence of photonic quantum ring laser structures

We report on the two-photon excited photoluminescence of photonic quantum ring laser structures using Ti:Sapphire femtosecond pulsed laser. Using two-photon excited photoluminescence microscopy, we were able to image the laser structures when optically excited and compare the results with previously obtained images on electrically pumped photonic quantum ring lasers. We also propose a method to evaluate the Rayleigh band on the circumference of these structures.     

Sm2+掺杂的无机光谱烧孔材料量子效率研究

本文由光谱烧孔的发光动力学方程出发,推导了脉冲光烧孔并选通的情况下量子效率的表达式.在77K下测量了以不同功率的560nm脉冲光烧孔并选通的条件下,孔深随烧孔脉冲数目的变化,验证了烧孔的量子效率与选通光强度的关系.在相同的烧孔条件下测量了BaF(Cl,Br):Sm²⁺与SrF(Cl,Br):Sm²⁺的孔深随脉冲数目的变化,验证了量子效率与⁵D_J-⁷F₀跃迁几率的关系.     

Density of impurity states of shallow donors in a quantum well under intense laser field

The density of donor impurity states in a square GaAs–AlGaAs quantum well under an intense laser field is calculated taking into account the laser dressing effects on both the Coulomb potential and the confining potential. Using the effective-mass approximation within a variational scheme, the donor binding energy is obtained as a function of the laser dressing parameter, and the impurity position. Our results point out that a proper consideration of the density of impurity states may be of relevance in the interpretation of the optical phenomena related to shallow impurities in quantum wells, where the effects of an intense laser field compete with the quantum confinement.     

Laser-manipulated the multiphoton transitions of a harmonically trapped particle

A single particle magneto-confined in a one-dimensional (1D) quantum wire experiences a harmonic potential, and imposing a sharply focused laser beam on an appropriate site shapes a $\delta$ potential. The theoretical investigation has demonstrated that for a sufficiently strong $\delta$ pulse the quantum motional stationary state of the particle is one of the eigenstates of the free harmonic oscillator, and it is determined by the site of the laser beam uniquely, namely a quantum state is admissible if and only if the laser site is one of its nodes. The numerical computation shows that all the nodes of the lower energy states with quantum numbers $n \le 20$, except the coordinate origin, are mutually different. So we can manipulate the multiphoton transitions between the quantum states by adjusting the position of the laser $\delta$ pulse and realize the transition from an unknown higher excitation state to a required lower energy state.     

Optimum quantum state of light for gravitational-wave interferometry

The laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are sensitive to the quantum state of light employed in the dark port of interferometric system. In this paper a general quantum state for the dark input port is assumed. The quantum state of light is expanded versus the Fock states. The quantum noise of interferometric system is computed as a function of the quantum state of light. The variational method and the genetic algorithm are employed to determine the coefficients of the dark input port and the laser input power for the minimization of the quantum noise. Calculation shows that the optimum quantum state for the dark input port is very close to the vacuum squeezed state. For this optimum quantum state the quantum noise and optimum laser power reduces one order of magnitude relative to the conventional interferometer.     

Quantum dot-in-a-well (QDWELL) laser dynamics under optical injection

We investigated theoretically the optical injection influence on the dynamics of a quantum dot in a quantum well (QDWELL) laser. The carrier dynamics is synchronized due to the optical injection, and QDWELL laser manifests a high performance at repetition frequencies up to 30 GHz.     

InGaN/GaN laser diode characterization and quantum well number effect

The effect of quantum well number on the quantum efficiency and temperature characteristics of In- GaN/GaN laser diodes （LDs） is determined and investigated. The 3-nm-thick In0.13Ca0.87N wells and two 6-am-thick GaN barriers are selected as an active region for Fabry-Perot （FP） cavity waveguide edge emitting LD. The internal quantum efficiency and internal optical loss coefficient are extracted through the simulation software for single, double, and triple InGaN/GaN quantum wells. The effects of device temperature on the laser threshold current, external differential quantum efficiency （DQE）, and output wavelength are also investigated. The external quantum efficiency and characteristic temperature are improved significantly when the quantum well number is two. It is indicated that the laser structures with many quantum wells will suffer from the inhomogeneity of the carrier density within the quantum well itself which affects the LD performance.     

Influence of Signal and Noise on Statistical Fluctuation of Single-Mode Laser System

On the basis of calculating the steady-state mean normalized intensity fluctuation of a signal-mode laser system driven by both colored pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts, we analyze the influence of modulation signal, noise, and its correlation form on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system. We have found that when the amplitude of modulation signal weakens and its frequency quickens, the statistical fluctuation will reduce rapidly. The statistical fluctuation of the laser system can be restrained by reducing the intensity of pump noise and quantum noise. Moreover, with prolonging of colored cross-correlation time, the statistical fluctuation of laser system experiences a repeated changing process, that is, from decreasing to augmenting,then to decreasing, and finally to augmenting again. With the decreasing of the value of cross-correlation coefficient, the statistical fluctuation will decrease too. When the cross-correlation form between the real part and imaginary part of quantum noise is zero correlation, the statistical fluctuation of laser system has a minimum. Compared with the influence of intensity of pump noise, the influence of intensity of quantum noise on the statistical fluctuation is smaller.     

激光场中量子散射三重微分散射截面的研究

在量子散射框架下,对真实激光场引进多光子相互作用准静态过程模型,考虑束缚-自由跃迁中电磁场的规范一致性及电子与激光场长程相互作用的极限,研究激光场对量子散射过程中三重微分散射截面的影响.多数共面非对称情况下激光场对三重微分散射截面有提升作用,此外靶原子处于激发态时binary峰出现分裂,激光场对三重微分散射截面也有放大作用.     

微球激光的最新研究进展

 利用回音壁模式微球腔的高Q谐振原理，可以获得微球激光。研究了微球腔的特点和微球激光产生的原理，介绍了单量子点、表面栅耦合和光纤耦合三种微球激光器，讨论了获得高Q值微球腔的方法，提出采用半导体纳米微球及通过旋转电弧或者旋涂方式制成的玻璃微球，给出了微球激光器的几种应用以及当前国内外最新进展。     

激光场中量子散射三重微分散射截面的研究

在量子散射框架下,对真实激光场引进多光子相互作用准静态过程模型,考虑束缚-自由跃迁中电磁场的规范一致性及电子与激光场长程相互作用的极限,研究激光场对量子散射过程中三重微分散射截面的影响。多数共面非对称情况下激光场对三重微分散射截面有提升作用,此外靶原子处于激发态时binary峰出现分裂,激光场对三重微分散射截面也有放大作用。     

Influence of Signal and Noise on Statistical Fluctuation of Single-Mode Laser System

On the basis of calculating the steady-state mean normalized intensity fluctuation of a signal-mode laser system driven by both colored pump noise with signal modulation and the quantum noise with cross-correlation between its real and imaginary parts, we analyze the influence of modulation signal, noise, and its correlation form on the statistical fluctuation of the laser system. We have found that when the amplitude of modulation signal weakens and its frequency quickens, the statistical fluctuation will reduce rapidly. The by reducing the intensity of pump noise and quantum noise. statistical fluctuation of the laser system can be restrained Moreover, with prolonging of colored cross-correlation time, the statistical fluctuation of laser system experiences a repeated changing process, that is, from decreasing to augmenting, then to decreasing, and finally to augmenting again. With the decreasing of the value of cross-correlation coe~cient, the statistical fluctuation will decrease too. When the cross-correlation form between the real part and imaginary part of quantum noise is zero correlation, the statistical fluctuation of laser system has a minimum. Compared with the influence of intensity of pump noise, the influence of intensity of quantum noise on the statistical fluctuation is smaller.     

实虚部关联的量子噪声和泵噪声对单模激光动力学性质的影响

采用具有实虚部关联的量子噪声和泵噪声驱动的单模激光损失模型，用线性化近似方法研究了反映激光动力学性质的光强关联函数，讨论了光强关联函数随时间的演化；并对线性化近似方法的适用范围进行了详细分析，分别讨论了量子噪声强度、泵噪声强度、量子噪声实虚部关联系数对光强相对涨落的影响，得出在小噪声、远离阈值时，线性化近似方法适用范围扩大；小噪声、远离阈值且当量子噪声实虚部无关联时，线性化近似方法适用范围最大的结论. 关键词： 单模激光 光强关联函数 光强相对涨落     

Nonlinear optical absorption in inverse V-shaped quantum wells modulated by high-frequency laser field

It is suggested that intersubband transition absorption coefficient in polarized inverse V-shaped quantum wells can be modulated through a non-resonant high-frequency laser field. This tuning mechanism is based on the variation of the quasi-bound states and corresponding wave functions of the quantum well with increasing intensity of the laser field. A transition between the strong absorption and induced laser transparency regimes is observed in one of the studied structures. The dependence of the saturation intensity on the laser parameter and the electric field strength is also investigated.     

Quantum Signatures of Chaos in Adiabatic Interaction Between a Trapped Ion and a Laser Standing Wave

We study quantum motion around a classical heteroclinic point of a single trapped ion interacting with a strong laser standing wave. We construct a set of exact coherent states of the quantum system and from the exact solutions reveal that quantum signatures of chaos can be induced by the adiabatic interaction between the trapped ion and the laser standing wave, where the quantum expectation values of position and momentum correspond to the classically chaotic orbit. The chaotic region on the phase space is illustrated. The energy crossing and quantum resonance in time evolution and the exponentially increased Heisenberg uncertainty are found. The results suggest a theoretical scheme for controlling the unstable regular and chaotic motions.     

双波长飞秒激光器量子理论研究

本文建立了一个不涉及具体光腔结构的双波长固体飞秒激光器模型,分析了群达弥散(GVD)、自相位调制(SPM)、交叉耦合、损耗调制和增益放大的动态平衡过程.从场算符的定义出发,导出了双波长飞秒激光器的量子锁模方程组,并且将该量子销模方程组化为经典锁模方程组.结果表明,该方程组和非线性薛定谔方程有着类似的结构,方程组存在稳定的脉冲解,因而从理论上证明了双波长飞秒激光器可以实现双波长同时锁模.