On linewidth of phonons associated to a disorder mechanism

An expression for the linewidth of phonons associated to a disorder mechanism in crystals is deduced. The linewidth of these ‘noise’ phonons is a function of the correlation time describing the statistical behavior of the disorder mechanism. A new view point to the application of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem for order-disorder crystals is presented. The relationship between the behavior of the linewidth of these phonons and phase-transitions mechanisms is discussed.     

Theorie des stimulierten Raman-Effekts

We consider stimulated Raman emission in solids, placed in a plane laser beam external to the cavity. The Hamiltonian of the system of phonons, electrons and electromagnetic fields is derived within the framework of a generalized adiabatic approximation for electrons and nuclei. It contains terms due to nonlinear interactions between electrons and phonons. Because the usual time-dependent perturbation theory cannot describe coherence effects properly we turn toHeisenberg's equations of motion for the operators of photons, phonons and electron excitations. In order to solve these equations in the steady state we apply an iteration procedure. We start with the light waves which give rise to electron transitions. The electrons such excited create phonons which then react on the electrons. Finally the electrons are coupled again to the lightfield. This procedure yields besides the usual wellknown Raman process two main processes occurring in stimulated Raman emission: a coupled two step Raman process and a parametric process. In the first one two phonons are involved. If the linewidth of phonons is comparable to the phonon frequencies the non-resonant parts of the above processes also become important. In solving the set of coupled equations for the light amplitudes, obtained from the iteration procedure, we only consider terms due to the first Stokes, the first anti-Stokes and the laser line. We then find frequency shifts of these lines due to the stimulated emission which are of the order of the linewidth of photons if this linewidth is very much smaller than that of phonons as it is the case in solids. This means that the coupled two step Raman process is dominant, in good agreement with measurements ofChiao andStoicheff in calcite.     

Line narrowing of excited-state transitions in nonlinear polarization spectroscopy: application to water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein

The homogeneous linewidth of dye aggregates like photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes contains important information about energy transfer and relaxation times that is, however, masked by inhomogeneous broadening caused by static disorder. Whereas there exist line narrowing techniques for the study of low-energy exciton states, the homogeneous linewidth of the high-energy states is not so easy to decipher. Here we present a microscopic theory for nonlinear polarization spectroscopy in the frequency domain that contains a dynamic aggregate selection revealing the homogeneous linewidth of these states. The theory is applied to the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein for which the high-energy exciton state was predicted to exhibit a sub-100-fs lifetime.     

Coherence length of excitons in a semiconductor quantum well

We report on the first experimental determination of the coherence length of excitons in semiconductors using the combination of spatially resolved photoluminescence with phonon sideband spectroscopy. The coherence length of excitons in ZnSe quantum wells is determined to be 300-400 nm, about 25-30 times the exciton de Broglie wavelength. With increasing exciton kinetic energy, the coherence length decreases slowly. The discrepancy between the coherence lengths measured and calculated by considering only the acoustic-phonon scattering suggests an important influence of static disorder.     

Magnetostriktive Erzeugung transversaler Phononen im 10 GHz-Bereich unter Vermeidung eines äußeren Magnetfeldes

To generate transverse microwave phonons in nonpiezoelectric crystals one has to use ferromagnetic filmtransducers. This method needs a static magnetic field of some kOe. It is shown in this paper that it is possible to shift the resonance field to lower values by applying mechanical stress to the ferromagnetic film. Due to the broad linewidth even at zero field transverse phonons are generated. The measured conversion factor for generation and detection is ?50 dB each which is comparable with values by other methods. The conversion factor depends strongly on the conditions during evaporation of the film.     

Dispersive phonon linewidths: the E2 phonons of ZnO

Phonon linewidths can exhibit a large variation when either pressure or isotopic masses are changed. These effects yield detailed information about the mechanisms responsible for linewidths and lifetimes, e.g., anharmonicity or isotopic disorder. We report Raman measurements of the linewidth of the upper E2 phonons of ZnO crystals with several isotopic compositions and their dependence on pressure. Changes by a factor of 12 are observed at a given temperature. Comparison with calculated densities of one-phonon states, responsible for isotope scattering, and of two-phonon states, responsible for anharmonic decay, yields a consistent picture of these phenomena. Isotopic disorder broadening by 7 cm(-1) is found in samples with mixed 16O-18O content, whereas the anharmonic processes involve decay into sums and differences of two phonons.     

Correlated disorder in a Kondo lattice

Motivated by recent experiments on Yb-doped CeCoIn5, we study the effect of correlated disorder in a Kondo lattice. Correlations between the impurities are considered at the two-particle level. We use a mean-field theory approximation for the Anderson lattice model to calculate how the emergence of coherence in the Kondo lattice is impacted by correlations between impurities. We show that the rate at which disorder suppresses coherence temperature depends on the length of the impurity correlations. As the impurity concentration increases, we generally find that the suppression of coherence temperature is significantly reduced. The results are discussed in the context of available experimental data.     

激光光源线宽对外差探测性能的影响

本文根据统计理论分析了激光线宽对外差探测结果的影响, 并讨论了激光线宽对杨氏干涉条纹对比度的影响. 本文基于解析结果做了数值仿真, 所得结果表明激光线宽增加时, 外差探测方式仍可以检测到中频信号, 但在线宽较大时, 受噪声影响无法准确地提取到中频频率. 为验证理论分析结果, 使用线宽为1 MHz的激光光源进行了8.1 km外场实验, 实验结果与数值分析结论一致, 即不会因为线宽增加而无法检测到中频信号. 文中所得结论对于外差探测光源的选择有重要指导意义, 因此根据测量目标的特性和测量要求, 可按照文中结论评估光源的线宽指标.     

Mode coherence measurements across a 1.5 THz spectral bandwidth of a passively mode-locked quantum dash laser

The mode coherence of adjacent and non-adjacent spectral modes of a passively mode locked quantum dash (QDash) semiconductor laser are deduced through radio frequency beat-tone linewidth measurements. A wavelength conversion scheme that uses degenerate four wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier is proposed which considerably extends the mode spacing beyond the limit imposed by conventional fast-photodetection and electrical spectrum analysis of around 100 GHz. Using this scheme, the mode coherence of the QDash laser was measured out to the thirty-first harmonic, or a mode separation of 1.5 THz.     

Aharonov-Bohm effect in normal metal quantum coherence and transport

We review some of the recent surprising theoretical and experimental results obtained on the transport properties of small disordered metal samples. Even in the presence of disorder, the quantum mechanical interference of electron wavefunctions can still be observed. The Aharonov-Bohm effect is a particularly clear demonstration of this. In doubly connected structures (such as loops of wire) threaded by a magnetic flux, the electrical conductance oscillates because of the Aharonov-Bohm effect. In fact, because the electron trajectories are diffusive (i.e. random walks), even a lone wire (a singly connected structure) will exhibit a random pattern of conductance fluctuations as a function of the magnetic field because of the same interference effects. All that is required for the observation of these interferences is that the electrons retain ‘phase memory’ duing the period of transit through the sample. The length over which memory is maintained (the phase coherence length) can be much larger than the random walk step length (the mean free path). We focus mainly on effects observed in the limit where the phase coherence length of the electrons is comparable to or larger than the sample size. We explain how the interferences are averaged as the system size grows larger than the phase coherence length. We also remark on surprising aspects of the fluctuations such as those resulting from the non-local character of the wavefunction; some of the results are forbidden classically.     

Ge_xSi_(1-x)/Si超晶格中周期不均匀对折叠声学声子拉曼线宽的影响

本文报导了在 Ge_Si_(1-x)/Si 超晶格中观察到了超晶格周期不均匀导致的折叠声学声子拉曼谱线展宽,这种谱线展宽与折叠指数(m)有关,折叠声学声子的谱线越宽,m 相同的折叠声学声子具有相同的线宽。     

耦合场线宽：抑制电磁诱导吸收

原子相干对吸收的相长干涉导致电磁诱导吸收，这是一类新的相干效应. 以三个电偶极跃迁构成N型链，中间跃迁作为探测跃迁的四能级系统为例，揭示耦合场线宽抑制电磁诱导吸收的强度. 这并非与电磁诱导透明系统中耦合场线宽产生或者增强吸收的情形相矛盾，线宽仍然是抑制系统的相干性. 关键词： 电磁诱导吸收 耦合场线宽 原子相干 退相干     

Effect of electron-phonon interactions on Raman line at ferromagnetic ordering

The theory of Raman scattering in half-metals by optical phonons interacting with conduction electrons is developed. We evaluate the effect of electron-phonon interactions at ferromagnetic ordering in terms of the Boltzmann equation for carriers. The chemical potential is found to decrease as the temperature decreases. Both the linewidth and frequency shift exhibit a dependence on temperature.     

Lifetime and coherence of two-level defects in a Josephson junction

We measure the lifetime (T?) and coherence (T?) of two-level defect states (TLSs) in the insulating barrier of a Josephson phase qubit and compare to the interaction strength between the two systems. We find for the average decay times a power-law dependence on the corresponding interaction strengths, whereas for the average coherence times we find an optimum at intermediate coupling strengths. We explain both the lifetime and the coherence results using the standard TLS model, including dipole radiation by phonons and anticorrelated dependence of the energy parameters on environmental fluctuations.     

Longitudinal coherence measurements of a transient collisional x-ray laser

We present what is to our knowledge the first longitudinal coherence measurement of a transient inversion collisional x-ray laser. We investigated the picosecond output of a Ni-like Pd x-ray laser at 14.68 nm generated by the COMET laser facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Interference fringes were generated with a Michelson interferometer setup in which a thin multilayer membrane was used as a beam splitter. We determined the longitudinal coherence for the 4d1S0 --> 4p1P1 lasing transition to be approximately 400 microm (1/e half-width) by changing the length of one interferometer arm and measuring the resultant variation in fringe visibility. The inferred gain-narrowed linewidth of approximately 0.29 pm is a factor of 4 less than previously measured in quasi-steady-state x-ray laser schemes.     

Exciton linewidth due to scattering from free carriers in semiconducting quantum well structures

The contribution to the exciton linewidth in semiconducting quantum well structures due to the scattering of excitons by free carriers is calculated. It is found that this contribution becomes very important in limiting the exciton linewidth when a high density of free carriers is present or at low temperatures where the scattering of the excitons by optical and acoustic phonons is reduced. This contribution to the linewidth in quantum well structures is found to increase with the free carrier concentration and to extremely broaden and exciton peak at high carrier concentrations. At lower carrier concentrations, where the carriers behave as a nondegenerate gas of particles, the contribution to the exciton linewidth due to scattering by free carriers increases with temperature.     

光源的特性对光纤环形腔有效精细度的影响

讨论了光湖源的谱分布和线宽对无源光纤环形腔的有效精细度（线宽）的影响，对两种典型的谱分布，光源给出了有效精细度（线宽）与入射光线宽之间的定量关系，分析表明，洛伦兹型光源对有效精细度的影响比高斯型大，而且对洛伦兹型光源，有效线宽总是大于入射光的线宽。     

N型4H-SiC低温拉曼光谱特性

利用拉曼散射技术对N型4H-SiC单晶材料进行了30～300 K温度范围的光谱测量。实验结果表明,随着温度的升高,N型4H-SiC单晶材料的拉曼峰峰位向低波数方向移动,峰宽逐渐增宽。分析认为,晶格振动随着温度的升高而随之加剧,其振动恢复力会逐渐减小,使振动频率降低;原子相对运动会随温度的升高而加剧,使得原子之间及晶胞之间的相互作用减弱,致使声学模和光学模皆出现红移现象。随着温度的升高,峰宽逐渐增宽。这是由于随着温度的升高声子数逐渐增加,增加的声子进一步增加了散射概率,从而降低了声子的平均寿命,而声子的平均寿命与峰宽成反比,因此随着温度的升高峰宽逐渐增宽。声子模强度随温度升高呈现不同规律,E₂(LA),E₂(TA),E₁(TA)和A₁(LA)声子模随着温度升高强度单调增加,而E₂(TO),E₁(TO)和A₁(LO)声子模强度出现了先增后减的明显变化,在138 K强度出现极大值。分析认为造成原因是由于当温度高于138 K时,高能量的声子分裂成多个具有更低能量的声子所致。     

Application of longitudinal multimode laser coherence properties to increase the holographic depth of field

It has been shown that the temporal coherence of a non-mode-locked laser is periodic in 2L/c. It has also been demonstrated that the limitations imposed on the depth of field in holography by the laser coherence properties may easily be overcome by illuminating the object with multiple beams. In such a system each object beam should travel the same distance to the holographic plate as the reference beam, or a multiple of 2L farther. For large objects (which would have large depths of field) multiple beam illumination is necessary anyway, to ensure uniform illumination of the object. In fact the limiting factor with regard to the size of an object and the depth of field should be the laser's power and not its coherence length. An advantage in this method of overcoming conventional limitations is that there is no reduction in the laser's output power as is involved in some other methods of coherence length improvement.     

New method for self-homodyne laser linewidth measurements with a short delay fiber

A versatile method for self-homodyne laser linewidth measurements is presented. The acousto-optic modulator used in the standard self-heterodyne technique is replaced by electronic upconversion. This results in reduced optical loss and a simpler setup. The dependence of the detected homodyne signal on the mean phase difference between the mixed beams was averaged out with a phase modulator on the delay fiber. A delay fiber shorter than the coherence length of the laser can then be used.