V型原子系统中相干布居俘获的相干相位调制研究

在延迟脉冲激光场作用下的V型原子系统中，实现了对相干布居俘获，电磁感应透明的相干相位调制，选择适当的能级其调制频率可以达到飞秒量级.利用数值和解析分析得到了延迟脉冲和叠加态粒子数布居的关系，以及粒子布居受光场相位调制的特点和变化规律.利用这种机理可以实现飞秒量级的量子开关作用. 关键词： 相干相位调制 相干布居俘获 电磁感应透明 量子开关     

基于自发辐射相干实现光学前驱动场

研究一个具有两个靠得足够近激发能级的双Lambda模型, 在矩形脉冲中分离出光学前驱动场. 当耦合场是大失谐时, 该原子系统在自发辐射相干效应的影响下产生一个透明窗口并伴随着陡峭的色散曲线. 因此, 由于透明窗口中的慢光效应可以使光学前驱动场从主脉冲场中分离出来. 另外, 我们通过调控脉冲波形序列研究探测场相位和幅值的累积光学前驱动波. 数值结果表明: 由于累积光前驱动场与脉冲主场的相长干涉大大地提高瞬态脉冲的能量.     

超短脉冲抽运下频率一致纠缠光源量子特性实验研究

利用自发参量下转换过程产生的频率纠缠光源在量子信息处理及相关领域中 具有十分重要的应用. 本文利用中心波长为792 nm, 脉冲宽度小于20 fs的脉冲激光源抽运满足II类准相位 匹配条件的周期极化磷酸氧钛钾晶体, 实验产生了偏振相互正交的频率一致纠缠光子对. 基于Hong-Ou-Mandel干涉仪的二阶量子符合干涉装置, 测量到该纠缠双光子对的干涉可见度约为42%, 表明其频率不可分特性较理想频率一致纠缠光源大大降低. 通过理论分析给出, 由于超短脉冲光源对应的宽频谱带宽影响, 相位匹配函数中的高阶色散项不再忽略, 从而导致纠缠光子对的频率不可分性减弱. 进一步利用实验参数给出的数值模拟结果与实验结果符合, 证实了脉冲抽运源带宽对频率一致纠缠光源的量子不可分特性的影响. 关键词： 频率一致纠缠 Hong-Ou-Mandel干涉测量 符合计数     

多光束相干控制光学跃迁的理论研究

根据量子干涉的基本原理，研究了在多束相干激光场作用下分子或凝聚态体系光学跃迁几率与光场的相位关系，推导了作为相干控制基础的多路径光学跃迁的一般模型及其特殊情形的跃迁几率的关系表达式，归纳了已有的相干控制激发方案，提出的频域的相干控制可用统一的量子理论描述，理论研究的结果表明，对多路径量子跃迁过程，在相干外场的作用下，会引起态的量子干涉，使总跃迁几率的大小随外场的相位变化而改变，这是实现与光学跃迁过     

双共振激发多光子电离过程中电离光电子谱的量子相干调制

利用缀饰态和微扰理论,研究了双共振激发多光子电离过程中电离光电子谱的量子相干特性,讨论了强场作用下激发脉冲的面积和脉冲间的延迟对多光子电离光电子谱的影响.结果表明,脉冲面积和脉冲间的延迟对电离光电子谱有明显的调制作用.当第一个脉冲的面积和脉冲间的延迟选取合适时,实现了多光子电离光电子谱Autler-Townes分裂以及电离光电子谱中干涉条纹的控制,并且利用这一量子相干控制实现了粒子在两个缀饰态之间的选择性布居;第二个脉冲面积的变化不影响两个缀饰态上的粒子布居几率,但对电离光电子谱有着明显的调制作用.     

脉冲光场作用下啁啾双光子量子特性研究

基于量子理论和非线性光学,研究了脉冲光场作用啁啾准相位匹配非线性晶体的第Ⅱ类自发参变下转换过程中,脉冲宽度和啁啾系数对产生的纠缠双光子特性及Hong-Ou-Mandel(HOM)量子干涉结果的影响。结果表明,啁啾系数一定时,随着脉冲宽度的增加,双光子谱的不可区分性降低,HOM量子干涉可见度下降。当脉冲宽度一定时,随着啁啾系数的增加使双光子谱带宽增加,HOM量子干涉陷落变窄,双光子谱的不可区分性增强,从而提高了相干精度和干涉可见度。理论上得到了超宽带的双光子谱和对应超窄的HOM量子干涉图。     

奇偶对相干态的维格纳函数和层析图函数

利用纠缠态η〉表象下的维格纳算符,重构了奇偶对相干态的维格纳函数.根据维格纳函数在相空间中随变量ρ和γ的变化规律,讨论了奇偶对相干态的非经典性质和量子干涉效应.研究发现,奇偶对相干态总呈现非经典性质,并且当q取奇数时,奇偶对相干态更容易出现非经典性质.奇偶对相干态的量子干涉效应的显著程度与q取值有关,但对于q的同一取值,奇对相干态的量子干涉效应更为显著.利用纠缠态η〉表象下的维格纳算符Δ1,2(ρ,γ)和纠缠态η,τ1,τ2〉的投影算符之间满足的拉东变换,获得了奇偶对相干态的量子层析图函数.     

微波场驱动下V型三能级原子的吸收和色散特性

当用微波场作用到V型三能级原子的两个激发态能级时,系统跃迁路径之间发生交叉耦合导致了量子相干效应.通过调节微波场的强度,可实现对原子吸收和色散性质的改变,并呈现零吸收高折射率现象.此外,微波场诱导的量子相干也可实现相对相位对探测光增益的控制.     

微波场驱动下V型三能级原子的吸收和色散特性

当用微波场作用到V型三能级原子的两个激发态能级时,系统跃迁路径之间发生交叉耦合导致了量子相干效应.通过调节微波场的强度,可实现对原子吸收和色散性质的改变,并呈现零吸收高折射率现象.此外,微波场诱导的量子相干也可实现相对相位对探测光增益的控制.     

光子晶体光纤反常色散区抽运产生超连续谱的相干特性分析

使用复互相干度的定义对超连续谱的相干性进行了数值计算,得到了不同功率抽运情况下的脉冲谱展宽以及超连续谱相干性的变化.结果表明孤子自频移以及色散波辐射是抽运波长位于光纤反常色散区情况下超连续谱展宽的主要物理机理,而超连续谱的相干性则主要受到调制不稳定性的影响.调制不稳定性放大抽运脉冲自身携带的随机噪声,使得非线性效应产生的光谱成分具有随机的相位与幅度,引起超连续谱相干性的下降. 抽运功率越高, 调制不稳定性增益越高,噪声对超连续谱产生的作用越强, 超连续谱的相干性越差.要获得高相干的超连续谱, 需采用峰值功率较小的脉冲进行抽运.要获得大谱宽高相干的超连续谱, 则需要合理选择抽运脉冲功率.     

Enhancing Kerr nonlinearity via quantum interference from incoherent pumping

The effect of quantum interference from incoherent pump field on the Kerr nonlinearity of V- and Lambda-type three-level systems is investigated. It is found that enhanced Kerr nonlinearity can be obtained via quantum interference of incoherent pump field. It is also demonstrated that the enhanced Kerr nonlinearity is located in the reduced-absorption region. The enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity is attributed mainly to the presence of extra atomic coherence induced by quantum interference from incoherent pump field.     

Dephasing of quantum tunnelling in molecular nanomagnets

Dephasing mechanism of quantum tunnelling in molecular magnets has been studied by means of the spin-coherentstate path integral in a mean field approximation. It is found that the fluctuating uncompensated transverse field from the dipolar-dipolar interaction between molecular magnets contributes a random phase to the quantum interference phase. The resulting transition rate is determined by the average tunnel splitting over the random phase. Such a dephasing process leads to the suppression of quenching due to the quantum phase interference, and to the steps due to odd resonances in hysteresis loop survived, which is in good agreement with experimental observations in molecular nanomagnets Fes and Mn12.     

A geometrical quantum phase in Newtonian gravity

The quantum mechanical behaviour of a particle moving in a Newtonian potential is investigated. It is found that the scalar potential can give rise to interference effects for simply connected regions in which the gravitational force on the particle vanishes. A matter wave interferometry experiment is proposed to verify the existence of a geometrical quantum phase, which can be used to explicitly test the Dirichlet boundary conditions in Newtonian gravity.     

Conditional-phase switch at the single-photon level

We present an experimental realization of a two-photon conditional phase switch, related to the " c-phis;" gate of quantum computation. This gate relies on quantum interference between photon pairs and generates entanglement between two optical modes through the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). The interference effect serves to enhance the effective nonlinearity by many orders of magnitude, so it is significant at the quantum (single-photon) level. By adjusting the relative optical phase between the classical pump for SPDC and the pair of input modes, one can impress a large phase shift on one beam which depends on the presence or absence of a single photon in a control mode.     

Asymmetric Evolution of Two Two-Level Atoms Induced by Position-Dependent Excitation Phase

We report a phenomenon of asymmetric evolution of two two-level atoms which results from pump laser phase based on the model of[Phys.Rev.Lett.101(2008) 153601].Other than investigating the dynamical behavior of whole system,in this paper we investigate the effects of the pump laser phase on dynamic behavior of each atom.We find that two atoms show asymmetry both in time evolution of(population) excitation probability and quantum correlation with environment due to the quantum interference induced by pump laser phase as well as the dipole-dipole interaction.These phenomena are deeply related to the dynamical behavior of the whole system,therefore we can understand the dynamical behavior of whole system caused by pump laser phase from this point of view.     

Multimode Hong-Ou-mandel interference

We consider multimode two-photon interference at a beam splitter by photons created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. The resulting interference pattern is shown to depend upon the transverse spatial symmetry of the pump beam. In an experiment, we employ the first-order Hermite-Gaussian modes in order to show that, by manipulating the pump beam, one can control the resulting two-photon interference behavior. We expect these results to play an important role in the engineering of quantum states of light for use in quantum information processing and quantum imaging.     

Quantum interference effects in Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>Se<Subscript>3</Subscript> topological insulator nanowires with variable cross-section lengths

Stimulated by the recent realization of three dimensional topological insulator nanowireinterferometers, a theoretical analysis of quantum interference effects on the low energyspectrum of Bi₂Se₃ nanowires is presented. The electronic properties areanalyzed in nanowires with circular, square and rectangular cross-sections starting from acontinuum three dimensional model with particular emphasis on magnetic and geometricaleffects. The theoretical study is based on numerically exact diagonalizations of thediscretized model for all the geometries. In the case of the cylindrical wire, anapproximate analytical solution of the continuum model is also discussed. Although amagnetic field corresponding to half quantum flux is expected to close the band gapinduced by Berry phase, in all the studied geometries with finite area cross-sections, thegap closes for magnetic fields typically larger than those expected. Furthermore,unexpectedly, due to geometrical quantum interference effects, for a rectangular wire witha sufficiently large aspect ratio and smaller side ranging from 50 Å and 100 Å, the gapcloses for a specific finite area cross-section without the application of a magneticfield.     

利用干涉光场的相位涡旋测量拉盖尔-高斯光束的轨道角动量

对拉盖尔-高斯光束经多圆孔衍射屏在远场平面上形成的干涉光场的相位和零值线进行了计算模拟.当入射光束的轨道角动量量子数为零时,实部零值线与虚部零值线在干涉光场中心点不相交,因而在该点上不能形成相位涡旋.当入射光束的轨道角动量量子数为+1和-1时,实部零值线与虚部零值线在干涉光场中心垂直并相交,干涉光场相应位置处的相位涡旋的符号相反.当入射光束的轨道角动量量子数为±2和±3时,有四条零值线相交于干涉光场的中心点上,并且实部零值线和虚部零值线交替分布,该交点处形成的相位涡旋的拓扑荷的值恰好与拉盖尔-高斯光束的轨道角动量量子数相等.这种结果可以用来测量涡旋光束的轨道角动量.