Uniting Precision Measurement and Quantum Control

Phase control of a single-frequency continuous-wave laser and the electric field of a mode-locked femtosecond laser has now reached the same level of precision, resulting in sub-optical-cycle phase coherence being preserved over macroscopic observation times exceeding seconds. The subsequent merge of CW laser-based precision optical- frequency metrology and ultra-wide-bandwidth optical frequency combs has produced remarkable and unexpected progress in precision measurement and ultrafast science. A phase-stabilized optical frequency comb spanning an entire optical octave （ 〉 300 THz） establishes millions of marks on an optical frequency ＂ruler＂ that are stable and accurate at the Hz level. Accurate phase connections among different parts of electromagnetic spectrum, including optical to radio frequency, are implemented. These capabilities have profoundly changed＇ the optical frequency metrology, resulting in recent demonstrations of absolute optical frequency measurement, optical atomic clocks, and optical frequency synthesis. Combined with the use of ultracold atoms, optical spectroscopy and frequency metrology at the highest level of precision and resolution are being accomplished at this time. The parallel developments in the time domain applications have been equally revolutionary, with precise control of the pulse repetition rate and the carrier-envelope phase offset both reaching the sub-femtosecond regime. These developments have led to recent demonstrations of coherent synthesis of optical pulses from independent lasers, coherent control in nonlinear spectroscopy, coherent pulse addition without any optical gain, and coherent generation of frequency combs in the VUV and XUV spectral regions. Indeed, we now have the ability to perform completely arbitrary, optical, waveform synthesis, complement and rival the similar technologies developed in the radio frequency domain. With this unified approach on time and frequency domain controls,     

First light on the 127-element adaptive optical system for 1.8-m telescope

A 127-element adaptive optical system has been developed and integrated into a 1.8-m astronomical telescope in September 2009.In addition,the first light on a high-resolution imaging for stars has been achieved（September 23,2009）.In this letter,a 127-element adaptive optical system for 1.8-m telescope is described briefly.Moreover,star observation results in the first run are reported.Results show that the angular resolution of the system after adaptive optics correction can attain 0.1 arcsec,which approaches the diffraction limit of 1.8-m telescope at 700-900 nm band.     

Polar interface and surface optical vibration spectra in multi-layer wurtzite quantum wires： transfer matrix method

The polar interface optical （IO） and surface optical （SO） phonon modes and the corresponding Froehlich electron phonon-interaction Hamiltonian in a freestanding multi-layer wurtzite cylindrical quantum wire （QWR） are derived and studied by employing the transfer matrix method in the dielectric continuum approximation and Loudon＇s uniaxial crystal model. A numerical calculation of a freestanding wurtzite GaN/AlN QWR is performed. The results reveal that for a relatively large azimuthal quantum number m or wave-number kz in the free z-direction, there exist two branches of IO phonon modes localized at the interface, and only one branch of SO mode localized at the surface in the system. The degenerating behaviours of the IO and SO phonon modes in the wurtzite QWR have also been clearly observed for a small kz or m. The limiting frequency properties of the IO and SO modes for large kz and m have been explained reasonably from the mathematical and physical viewpoints. The calculations of electron-phonon coupling functions show that the high-frequency IO phonon branch and SO mode play a more important role in the electron phonon interaction.     

Restoration of solar and star images with phase diversity-based blind deconvolution

The images recorded by a ground-based telescope are often degraded by atmospheric turbulence and the aberration of the optical system.Phase diversity-based blind deconvolution is an effective post-processing method that can be used to overcome the turbulence-induced degradation.The method uses an ensemble of short-exposure images obtained simultaneously from multiple cameras to jointly estimate the object and the wavefront distribution on pupil.Based on signal estimation theory and optimization theory,we derive the cost function and solve the large-scale optimization problem using a limited memory Broyden- Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) method.We apply the method to the turbulence-degraded images generated with computer,the solar images acquired with the swedish vacuum solar telescope (SVST,0.475 m) in La Palma and the star images collected with 1.2-m telescope in Yunnan Observatory.In order to avoid edge effect in the restoration of the solar images,a modified Hanning apodized window is adopted. The star image still can be restored when the defocus distance is measured inaccurately.The restored results demonstrate that the method is efficient for removing the effect of turbulence and reconstructing the point-like or extended objects.     

Simultaneous Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis of H and Other Elements in Foils

Hydrogen and other elements in SixNyHz foils have been simultaneously measured by using a single E（gas）- E（PSD） telescope and heavy ^127I ion beam in elastic recoil detection analysis （ERDA）. Hydrogen is measured in the non-coincidence spectrum of E（PSD）, and other elements from the △E - E coincidence spectrum. The composition and depth profiling of the foils are obtained from the simulated spectra.     

Research on application of MOOC in optical packet switching

An experiment on receiving and identifying multiple optical orthogonal codes （MOOC） sequence-based optical labels in an optical packet switching （OPS） network is reported. Two groups of MOOC with a code length of 23 and a code weight of 3 are used to identify the optical labels. The scheme and principle of OPS networks based on MOOC sequence-based optical labels are presented. Because optical labels contain OPS and routing information, the importance of optical label processing with multiple inconsecutive, random, and burst optical labels in an OPS network is pointed out. Considering the MOOC-based optical labels, we design a circuit consisting of a broadened network and a cascaded amplifier to receive multiple groups of low-power narrow pulses （optical labels in the MOOC-OPS network） with a period of 2 ns. The successful experimental results demonstrate that the designed scheme is feasible.     

Electronic structure and optical properties of In-doped SrTiO3 by density function theory

The effect of In doping on the electronic structure and optical properties of SrTiO3 is investigated by the first-principles calculation of plane wave ultra-soft pseudo-potential based on the density function theory （DFT）. The calculated results reveal that due to the hole doping, the Fermi level shifts into valence bands （VBs） for SrTi1-x InxO3 with x = 0.125 and the system exhibits p-type degenerate semiconductor features. It is suggested according to the density of states （DOS） of SrTi0.875In0.125O3 that the band structure of p-type SrTIO3 can be described by a rigid band model. At the same time, the DOS shifts towards high energies and the optical band gap is broadened. The wide band gap, small transition probability and weak absorption due to the low partial density of states （PDOS） of impurity in the Fermi level result in the optical transparency of the film. The optical transmittance of In doped SrTiO3 is higher than 85% in a visible region, and the transmittance improves greatly. And the cut-off wavelength shifts into a blue-light region with the increase of In doping concentration.     

Optical–digital joint design of refractive telescope using chromatic priors

The conventional optical system design employs combinations of different lenses to combat aberrations, which usually leads to considerable volume and weight. In this Letter, a tailored design scheme that exploits state-ofthe-art digital aberration correction algorithms in addition to traditional optics design is investigated. In particular, the proposed method is applied to the design of refractive telescopes by shifting the burden of correcting chromatic aberrations to software. By enforcing cross-channel information transfer in a post-processing step, the uncorrected chromatic aberrations are well-mitigated. Accordingly, a telescope of F-8, 1400 mm focal length,and 0.14° field of view is designed with only two lens elements. The image quality of the designed telescope is evaluated by comparing it to the equivalent designs with multiple lenses in a traditional optical design manner,which validates the effectiveness of our design scheme.     

Application of high-precision temperature-controlled FBG filter and light source self-calibration technique in the BOTDR sensor system

A high-precision temperature-controlled narrow band-stop fiber Bragg grating(FBG) filter and light source self-calibration technique are proposed for application in the Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (BOTDR) sensor system.With the proposed application,the BOTDR sensor system maintains good long-term stability and temperature precision through the reduction of the center wavelength drift in the FBG filters and corresponding decrease in the changes in light intensity.The experiment result shows that temperature precision of 1℃and temperature stability of 0.7℃can be achieved in a temperature sensor over a range of 8 km.     

High-Conversion-Efficiency and Broadband Tunable Femtosecond Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier

We build a compact high-conversion-efficiency and broadband tunable noncollinear optical parametric amplifier （OPA） in the infra-red （IR） pumped by a femtosecond Ti：sapphire CPA laser. The OPA consists of an internal seed of white-light continuum generator （WLG） and two noncollinear optical parametric amplifiers. The tunable wavelength range is from 1.2μm to 2.4μm for both signal and idle pulses. The total OPA efficiency in the last OPA stage reaches about 40% in a wider tunable spectral range （from 1.3μm to 1.7μm for signal pulse, from 1.5μm to 2.0 μm for idle pulse respectively）.     

Preliminary R&D of vibrating wire alignment technique for HEPS

The alignment tolerance of multipoles on a girder is better than ±30 μm in the storage ring of the High Energy Photon Source(HEPS) which will be the next project at IHEP(Institute of High Energy Physics).It is difficult to meet the precision when only using the traditional optical survey method.In order to achieve this goal, a vibrating wire alignment technique with high precision and sensitivity is considered to be used in this project.This paper presents some preliminary research works about theory, scheme design and achievements.     

Slow and fast light in quantum-well and quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers Invited Paper

Slow and fast light in quantum-well(QW)and quantum-dot(QD)semiconductor optical amplifiers(SOAs) using nonlinear quantum optical effects are presented.We demonstrate electrical and optical controls of fast light using the coherent population oscillation(CPO)and four wave mixing(FWM)in the gain regime of QW SOAs.We then consider the dependence on the wavelength and modal gain of the pump in QW SOAs.To enhance the tunable photonic delay of a single QW SOA,we explore a serial cascade of multiple amplifiers.A model for the number of QW SOAs in series with variable optical attenuation is developed and matched to the experimental data.We demonstrate the scaling law and the bandwidth control by using the serial cascade of multiple QW SOAs.Experimentally,we achieve a phase change of 160°and a scaling factor of four at 1 GHz using the cascade of four QW SOAs.Finally,we investigate CPO and FWM slow and fast light of QD SOAs.The experiment shows that the bandwidth of the time delay as a function of the modulation frequency changes in the absorption and gain regimes due to the carrier-lifetime variation.The tunable phase shift in QD SOA is compared between the ground-and first excited-state transitions with different modal gains.     

Pulsed DC magnetron sputtering of transparent conductive oxide layers

A comprehensive material study of different transparent conductive oxides （TCOs） is presented. The layers are deposited by pulsed direct current （DC） magnetron sputtering in an inline sputtering system. Indium tin oxide （ITO） films are studied in detail. The optimum pressure of 0.33 Pa （15Ar：202） produces a 300- nm thin film with a specific resistivity p of 2.2 × 10-6 Ωm and a visual transmittance of 81%. Alternatively, ZnO：A1 and ZnO：Ga layers with thicknesses of 200 and 250 nm are deposited with a minimum resistivity of 5.5× 10-6 and 6.8× 10-6Ωm, respectively. To compare the optical properties in the ultraviolet （UV） range, the optical spectra are modeled and the band gap is determined.     

Optical design for Antarctic Bright Star Survey Telescope

The exoplanet search is one of the most exciting research fields in astrophysics. The Antarctic Bright Star Survey Telescope(BSST), capable of continuous exoplanet observation on polar nights, is a Ritchey–Chretien telescope with a three-lens field corrector, and has a 300 mm aperture, 2.76 focal ratio, and a wavelength coverage ranging from 0.36 to 1.014 μm. Equipped with a 4 k × 4 k and 12 μm∕pixel CCD camera, the BSST can gain a field of view of 4.8°. This Letter presents the optical design, tolerance analysis, and the alignment plan for the BSST, and the test observation results.     

Slow and fast light in quantum-well and quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

Slow and fast light in quantum-well （QW） and quantum-dot （QD） semiconductor optical amplifiers （SOAs） using nonlinear quantum optical effects are presented. We demonstrate electrical and optical controls of fast light using the coherent population oscillation （CPO） and four wave mixing （FWM） in the gain regime of QW SOAs. We then consider the dependence on the wavelength and modal gain of the pump in QW SOAs. To enhance the tunable photonic delay of a single QW SOA, we explore a serial cascade of multiple amplifiers. A model for the number of QW SOAs in series with variable optical attenuation is developed and matched to the experimental data. We demonstrate the scaling law and the bandwidth control by using the serial cascade of multiple QW SOAs. Experimentally, we achieve a phase change of 160^o and a scaling factor of four at 1 GHz using the cascade of four QW SOAs. Finally, we investigate CPO and FWM slow and fast light of QD SOAs. The experiment shows that the bandwidth of the time delay as a function of the modulation frequency changes in the absorption and gain regimes due to the carrier-lifetime variation. The tunable phase shift in QD SOA is compared between the ground- and first excited-state transitions with different modal gains.     

The Massive Bipolar Outflow in IRAS 20110＋3321

Mapping observations were made towards IRAS 201109-3321 using the Nobeyama 45 m and the Delingha 13.7m radio telescopes. The high angular resolution （- 21″） image with the 45m telescope shows that there is a highvelocity bipolar molecular outflow in this region, which is in the NW-SE direction with a collimation factor of 2.2. The outflow has significantly higher mass loss rate and mechanical luminosity than those from low mass YSOs, indicating that the outflow is driven by the IRAS source. A dense massive core was detected by mapping C180 （J = 1 - 0） line in the area with the 13.7m telescope. The IRAS source lies within the core but slightly offsets from its emission peak.     

Wavefront correction of Ti： sapphire terawatt laser with varying precision of phase conjugation between deformable mirror and wavefront sensor

The phase conjugation between the deformable mirror and the wavefront sensor in the aberration correction of a terawatt Ti:sapphire laser is studied experimentally and theoretically in this paper.At varying values of phaseconjugation precision,we focus the corresponding beams into spots of the same size of 5.1 μm× 5.3 μm with a f/4 parabola in the 32 TW/36 fs Ti:sapphire laser system.The results show that the precision of conjugation can induce an intensity modulation but does not significantly affect the wavefront correction.     

Experimental demonstration of enhanced resolution of a Golay3 sparse-aperture telescope

In this Letter,we report a Golay3 sparse-aperture telescope newly built in the Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences and present the experimental results of enhanced resolution.The telescope consisting of 3 collector telescopes of 127 mm diameter can achieve a theoretical resolution corresponding to a monolithic aperture of 245 mm diameter.It is shown by the experimental results that the resolution is improved to 3.33μrad with respect to the diffraction limit of 6.07μrad for a single aperture using the Rayleigh criteria at 632 nm.The compact optical configuration and cophasing approach are also described.     

Spin Squeezed States and Entangled States

The time evolution of spontaneous decay of a two-level atom in one dimension photonic crystals is investigated with three different methods ： （ 1 ） using the Markovian approximation, （2） using the constant approximation, and （3） without using any of the two approximations. The second and third methods are Non-Markovian, which yield similar results. The second method gives us a clear physical picture of the effect of the reflected field. The Non- Markovian processes due to the reflected field have great influence on the atomic decay mainly within one tenth of an optical cycle, and reach steady state influence fter one optical cycle. The result of Markovian approximation gives almost the same result of the other two methods after one optical cycle, but misses the details within the one optical cycle.     

Confined and Interface Phonons in Chirped GaAs-A1GaAs Superlattices

The confined longitudinal optical, transverse optical and interface phonon modes in chirped GaAs-AIGaAs superlattices grown on the （O01）-oriented GaAs substrate are studied by the micro-Raman spectroscopy. The phonon modes are probed at the （001） and （110） faces. The temperature dependence of the longitudinal optical, transverse optical and interface phonon modes are achieved. The temperature dependence of the longitudinal optical phonon frequencies demonstrates that a tensile strain exists in the GaAs layers of the chirped superlattices, which is significant for analyzing the device failure of a terahertz quantum cascade laser.