一种新型原子共振滤光器研究

报道Rb原子法拉弟共振滤光器(AFROF)的理论与实验研究.考虑Rb原子超精细结构的塞曼效应,对Rb-AFROF的传输特性进行理论分析,实验观测了Rb-AFROF的工作频率、通带宽度随外磁场和气室温度的变化关系.测量表明,Rb-AFROF传输效率～50%,带宽小于3GHz,最小探测光强～0.1μW.     

Pump-to-Stokes RIN transfer in Raman fiber lasers and its impact on the performance of co-pumped Raman amplifiers

We show experimentally and numerically that pump-to-Stokes transfer of relative intensity noise (RIN) makes a significant contribution to the output RIN of Raman fiber lasers (RFLs). We theoretically investigate the penalty in the signal-quality factor induced by a noisy RFL pump in a co-pumped Raman-amplified transmission span, where the noise on the RFL output is caused by pump-to-Stokes transfer of RIN. This penalty can be kept low by a proper design of the RFL, in particular by using high-reflectivity output couplers, high-gain Raman fibers and optimizing the RFL fiber length.     

Rb原子滤波器的实验研究

本文用热Rb原子进行了光学滤波的研究。将一束激光调谐到Rb原子D2线的F=1→F′=2共振吸收线上,使其泵浦Rb原子,实现原子布居极化(即将Rb原子制备到能级F=2上)。当一束信号光反向穿过该介质时,若信号光频率调谐到原子"吸收窗口"(D1线F=2→F′=2),该介质对信号光大量吸收,信号光透射率仅为0.14%;若信号光频率调谐到原子"透明窗口"(D1线F=1→F′=2),信号光透射率高于47.4%。这种极化的原子介质可以用来做光学滤波器。     

Ultranarrow bandwidth tunable atomic filter via quantum interference-induced polarization rotation in Rb vapor

We report the experimental demonstration of an ultranarrow bandwidth atomic filter by optically induced polarization rotation in multilevel electromagnetically induced transparency systems in hot Rb vapor. With a coupling intensity of 2.3 W/cm^2, the filter shows a peak transmission of 33.2% and a bandwidth of 10 MHz. By altering the coupling frequency, a broad tuning range of several Doppler linewidths of the D1 line transitions of STRb atoms can be obtained. The presented atomic filter has useful features of ultranarrow bandwidth, and the operating frequency can be tuned resonance with the atomic transition. Such narrowband tunable atomic filter can be used as an efficient noise rejection tool in classical and quantum optical applications.     

法拉第反常色散滤光器透射谱的普遍计算方法

报道了一种计算法拉第反常色散滤光器（ＦＡＤＯＦ）透射谱的普遍方法,该方法可计算不同碱金属元素工作在任意电偶极跃迁和任意磁场强度下的法拉第反常色散滤光器透射谱,对主动式和被动式法拉第反常色散滤光器同样适用,该方法还可进一步推广到其它类型的原子滤光器（如斯塔克型原子滤光器）的计算,给出了采用这种方法对铷主动式７７５．９ｎｍ法拉第反常色散滤光器透射谱的计算结果,与实验曲线符合较好。     

A Doppler lidar with atomic Faraday devices frequency stabilization and discrimination

In this paper, we report a Doppler lidar in which the laser frequency is stabilized and the backscattered light frequency is discriminated by a multi-peak and a less-peak atomic Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter (FADOF), respectively. The transmission spectrum of the FADOF is stable as it is based on an atomic transition, and slightly tunable with a magnet due to Zeeman effect. The high frequency stability of the FADOF provides a high velocity accuracy; and the tunability of the FADOF transmission spectrum makes the measurement range flexible. We describe an experimental lidar system based on cesium FADOFs, and the experimental error is of±0.74 m/s over velocities ranging from ?40 to +40 m/s.     

Diode laser using narrow bandwidth interference filter at 852 nm and its application in Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter

We demonstrate an 852-nm external cavity diode laser(ECDL) system whose wavelength is mainly determined by an interference filter instead of other wavelength selective elements. The Lorentzian linewidth measured by the heterodyne beating between two identical lasers is 28.3 k Hz. Moreover, we test the application of the ECDL in the Faraday atomic filter.Besides saturated absorption spectrum, the transmission spectrum of the Faraday atomic filter at 852 nm is measured by using the ECDL. This interference filter ECDL method can also be extended to other wavelengths and widen the application range of diode laser.     

Ultranarrow bandwidth Faraday atomic filter approaching natural linewidth based on cold atoms

An ultranarrow bandwidth Faraday atomic filter is realized based on cold ~(87)Rb atoms. The atomic filter operates at 780 nm on the 5~2 S_(1/2), F = 2 to 5~2 P_(3/2), F'= 3 transition with a bandwidth of 7.1(8) MHz, which is approaching the natural linewidth of the transition. The peak transmission achieves 2.6(3)% by the multi-pass probe method. This atomic filter based on cold atoms may find potential applications in self-stabilizing lasers in the future.     

细菌视紫红质的动态透射特性及其应用

细菌视紫红质 (Bacteriorhodopsin,简称 b R)是由嗜盐菌中提取出的一种光敏蛋白质 ,它是一种新型的生物光子学材料。我们测量的 b R膜在黄光和蓝光束分别照射下的非线性透射特性表明 ,在光照开始阶段 ,光的透过率随时间延长而增加 ,然后逐渐达到一个稳定值。黄光和蓝光的透过特性的不同是蓝光达到最大透过率的时间比黄光短。 b R膜在黄光和蓝光双光束同时照射下的非线性透射特性的计算结果表明 ,在某一固定蓝光光强 ,蓝光的透过光强随黄光强度的增加而减小 ,甚至变为零。这说明黄光对蓝光有抑制作用 ,即黄光可以调控蓝光的透过率。这一奇异的透射特性可以用做新出现事物滤波器     

Conformational change-modulated spin transport at single-molecule level in carbon systems

Controlling the spin transport at the single-molecule level, especially without the use of ferromagnetic contacts, becomes a focus of research in spintronics. Inspired by the progress on atomic-level molecular synthesis, through first-principles calculations, we investigate the spin-dependent electronic transport of graphene nanoflakes with side-bonded functional groups, contacted by atomic carbon chain electrodes. It is found that, by rotating the functional group, the spin polarization of the transmission at the Fermi level could be switched between completely polarized and unpolarized states. Moreover, the transition between spin-up and spin-down polarized states can also be achieved, operating as a dual-spin filter. Further analysis shows that, it is the spin-dependent shift of density of states, caused by the rotation, that triggers the shift of transmission peaks, and then results in the variation of spin polarization. Such a feature is found to be robust to the length of the nanoflake and the electrode material, showing great application potential. Those findings may throw light on the development of spintronic devices.     

Accurate lidar temperatures with narrowband filters

At daytime, metal resonance lidars need narrowband spectral filtering in the receiver to measure Doppler temperatures in the mesopause region. For our K lidar equipped with a Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter we demonstrate that the derived resonance temperatures can be shifted by 10 K because of the wavelength dependence of the filter transmission for the Rayleigh scattered light when this filter transmission is used for normalization. We show that, if all filter effects are considered correctly, temperature measurements at daytime can be as accurate as at nighttime without such filters.     

Narrowband switchable dual-passband atomic filter with four-wave mixing optical amplification

By using Faraday optical filter combined with four-wave mixing (FWM) amplifier, a narrow bandwidth optical amplifying atomic filter with switchable dual-passband is demonstrated experimentally. The two transmission peaks of the filter correspond to the Stokes and anti-Stokes frequencies, exhibiting a Raman gain in 13- and 17-fold, respectively, with bandwidth of ～120 MHz. By properly setting pump laser detuning, switching between filter passbands is realized. We also investigate the dependence of peak transmission on both pump laser intensity and Rb cell temperature. This atomic filter can find practical applications in long-distance laser communications and laser remote-sensing systems.     

Optical properties of light filter designed on absorbing axicon

The optical properties of a light filter designed based on an absorbing axicon are studied. It is shown that if axes of the filter and a radially symmetric incident beam coincide, then the light transmission through the filter is minimal. This phenomenon can be used to find the beam center, radius and divergence, as well as to form properly collimated Gaussian beams. The filter allows the apodization and continuously tuning of the laser radiation intensity.     

Optimizing the energy filter of the “dihedral angle with end-face diaphragms” type

The 3D problem of determining the parameters of a charged particle energy filter for a monopole mass spectrometer is solved. Optimal geometry and operating conditions making it possible to raise the transmission of the instrument by an order of magnitude are found. Such an energy filter is intended for secondary ion (or atomic) mass spectrometry installations built around a monopole mass analyzer.     

原子廓线激光多普勒测速仪

论述了用原子滤波器的透射率廓线测量激光多普勒频移的直接检测方法和理论，报道了基于这个方法的一个原理性实验。实验采用二极管泵浦的连续倍频Ｎｄ；ＹＡＧ激光器作为发射器，和一个温控的透射率翼宽为３８０ＭＨＺ的碘滤波器作为多普勒频移检测器件进行了转透速度的测量。     

宽带飞秒脉冲双折射干涉滤波的研究

对宽带飞秒脉冲双折射干涉滤波进行了理论和实验研究。首先给出了一种新型的双折射干涉滤波器的原理和设计，得到了输出滤波光谱强度分布的解析表达式。然后进行了15fs宽带脉冲的干涉滤波的实验研究，实验得到了一组性能良好的透射和反射输出的干涉滤波谱图，实验测量与理论计算基本一致。同时还分析了群速失配以及色散对宽带飞秒脉冲双折射干涉滤波的影响。结果表明这种滤波器对宽带飞秒脉冲有很好的干涉滤波作用，能同时前向透射和侧向反射干涉滤波输出，且无插入功率损耗，可以用来获得波长稳定的多波长可调谐超短脉冲光源。对于飞秒脉冲干涉滤波器的设计和应用具有重要的参考价值。     

Demonstration of Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter with reflection configuration

A narrow linewidth Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter(FADOF)with reflection configuration is achieved for the first time based on the cesium(Cs)ground state 6S_1/2 to the excited state 6P_3/2 transition at 852 nm.Compared with the conventional FADOF with transmission configuration,reflection-type FADOF can greatly improve the transmittance of optical filter under the same experimental parameters,because it allows signal light to go and return through the atomic vapor cell.In our experiment,peak transmittance at Cs 6S_1/2 F=4-6P_3/2 transition is 81%for the reflection-type FADOF,and while 54%for the transmission-type FADOF when the temperature of Cs vapor cell and the axial magnetic field are 60℃and 19 G.The idea of this reflection-type FADOF design has the potential to be applied to the FADOF operating between two excited states to obtain higher transmittance.     

Prediction and suppression of strong dispersive coupling in microracetrack channel drop filters

For a four-port microracetrack channel drop filter, unexpected transmission characteristics due to strong dispersive coupling are demonstrated by the light tunneling between the input-output waveguides and the resonator, where a large dropping transmission at off-resonance wavelengths is observed by finite-difference time-domain simulation. It causes a severe decline of the extinction ratio and finesse. An appropriate decrease of the coupling strength is found to suppress the dispersive coupling and greately increase the extinction ratio and finesse, a decreased coupling strength can be realized by the application of an asymmetrical coupling waveguide structure. In addition, the profile of the coupling dispersion in the transmission spectra can be predicted based on a coupled mode theory analysis of an equivalent system consisting of two coupling straight waveguides. The effects of structure parameters on the transmission spectra obtained by this method agree well with the numerical results. It is useful to avoid the strong dispersive coupling region in the filter design.     

Optically tunable plasmonic color filters

We fabricated sub-wavelength patterned gold plasmonic nanostructures on a quartz substrate through the focused ion beam (FIB) technique. The perforated gold film demonstrated optical transmission peaks in the visible range, which therefore can be used as a plasmonic color filter. Furthermore, by integrating a layer of photoresponsive liquid crystals (LCs) with the gold nanostructure to form a hybrid system, we observed a red-shift of transmission peak wavelength. More importantly, the peak intensity can be further enhanced more than 10% in transmittance due to the refractive index match of the media on both sides of it. By optically pumping the hybrid system using a UV light, nematic−isotropic phase transition of the LCs was achieved, thus changing the effective refractive index experienced by the impinging light. Due to the refractive index change, the transmission peak intensity was modulated accordingly. As a result, an optically tunable plasmonic color filter was achieved. This kind of color filters could be potentially applied to many applications, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors, liquid crystal display devices, light emitting diodes, etc.     

光源线宽和色散对DWDM通信系统光纤光栅滤波器的码率限制

分析了DWDM系统中光纤光栅滤波器透射色散特性,光源线宽和光栅透射色散对啁啾高斯光脉冲的展宽及对通信系统码率的限制,在适当的参量条件下,对系统码率进行了计算;结果表明,在接近单色时,啁啾是限制码率的主要因素,在线宽较大时,线宽成为限制码率的主要因素,光栅长度的增长,也将制约码率.