Optical quantum transmitter with finesse of 30 at 800-nm central wavelength using microring resonators

A microring resonator (MRR) system incorporating an add/drop system is presented. The finesse of the proposed system can be determined using the full width at half maximum (FWHM) and free spectrum range (FSR) of the generated multiple soliton pulses. The central wavelength of the bright input soliton pulse has been selected as 800 nm, at which a ring system with better sensitivity shows high finesse that is suitable for applications to many optical communication systems such as optical transmitters and sensors. Simulation results show that FSR of 0.3 nm and 1.1 ns and FWHM of 10 pm and 36.6 ps could be obtained. Therefore, a system with finesse of 30 can be obtained; in such a system, the MRR system shows high performance. This system can be used in optical communication networks as a transmitter system for optical soliton pulses with finesse of 30, and theses pulses can be detected via an optical receiver.     

Opto-Mechanical Effects in Superradiant Light Scattering by Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Cavity

We investigate the effects of a movable mirror (cantilever) of an optical cavity on the superradiant light scattering from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattice. We show that the mirror motion has a dynamic dispersive effect on the cavity-pump detuning. Varying the intensity of the pump beam, one can switch between the pure superradiant regime and the Bragg scattering regime. The mechanical frequency of the mirror strongly influences the time interval between two Bragg peaks. We find that when the system is in the resolved side band regime for mirror cooling, the superradiant scattering is enhanced due to coherent energy transfer from the mechanical mirror mode to the cavity field mode.     

Opto-Mechanical Effects in Superradiant Light Scattering by Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Cavity

We investigate the effects of a movable mirror (cantilever) of an optical cavity on the superradiant light scattering from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattice. We show that the mirror motion has a dynamic dispersive effect on the cavity-pump detuning. Varying the intensity of the pump beam, one can switch between the pure superradiant regime and the Bragg scattering regime. The mechanical frequency of the mirror strongly influences the time interval between two Bragg peaks. We find that when the system is in the resolved side band regime for mirror cooling, the superradiant scattering is enhanced due to coherent energy transfer from the mechanical mirror mode to the cavity field mode.     

FP腔中光驱动微悬臂的双稳效应的研究

研究了高灵敏度悬臂梁与光纤端面构筑的低精细度FP型光腔中光驱动的悬臂梁振动的双稳效应。通过改变输入到光腔内的激光功率,检测与之相应的悬臂梁的形变。在实验中发现悬臂梁的形变随激光功率的改变呈现非线性变化的关系,在激光功率增大到一定闽值时可以诱导产生光力双稳效应。通过改变光腔初始腔长成功实现了对产生光力双稳效应阈值的调节。     

望远镜主镜气压力驱动器设计

为了获取优异的光学图像质量,大口径天文望远镜通常采用主动支撑结构以校正主镜面形误差。对望远镜主镜支撑系统所需的气压驱动器进行了研究。基于气动原理设计了一种采用滚动膜片结构的气压力驱动器,其中滚动膜片结构用于消除摩擦力的影响,滚珠式力解耦器用于消除侧向力、弯矩的影响。进一步设计了针对气压驱动器带死区的比例-积分-微分(PID)控制算法,以实现对气压驱动器的闭环控制。实验结果表明:气压力驱动器可精确提供主镜控制所需的支撑力,在望远镜高角变化速度达到2°/s时,输出支撑力范围为0～1000N,驱动器支撑力误差仅为满量程的±0.4%。设计的气压驱动器可实现主动支撑力的快速精确输出,能满足天文望远镜主镜主动支撑需求。     

高精细度光学参考腔的自主化研制

高精细度超稳光学参考腔是获得超窄线宽激光的核心部件.本文报道了面向空间应用的高精细度球形超稳光学参考腔自主化研制及其初步测试结果.设计球形腔体直径为80 mm,腔长78 mm,采用平-凹腔镜结构,凹镜曲率半径为0.5 m.使用有限元方法计算了该参考腔的震动敏感度,最佳支撑位置的震动敏感度小于1×10~(-10)/g.采用超光滑表面三级抛光技术实现光学表面粗糙度小于0.4 nm(rms)的超精密加工,采用双离子束溅射法实现工作波长反射率大于99.999%、损耗小于4 ppm腔镜镀膜,干式光胶方法键合腔体和腔镜.利用扫腔线宽法和腔衰荡法对参考腔的线宽和精细度进行了测量,结果表明该参考腔的精细度约为195000,线宽为9.8 kHz.将698 nm半导体激光器锁定到该参考腔上测得其损耗5 ppm.与实验室进口同类型参考腔相比较,主要性能指标与其相当.     

超高精细度微光学腔共振频率及有效腔长的精密测量

超高精细度微共振器是实现原子或者其他偶极子与腔强耦合作用的基本部分, 在腔量子电动力学(QED)、弱光非线性效应及微光学器件研究中扮演着重要的角色. 微腔基本参数的精密测量最终可以确定腔与原子的耦合系数、腔场衰减率, 对决定系统的动力学特性具有重要的意义. 但是由于超高精细度光学微腔本身的构造和多层镀膜的特点, 高精度地确定其共振频率及有效腔长存在一定困难. 本文结合修正的多层介质膜模型, 实验上完成了膜层为37层的超高精细度光学微腔在不同共振频率下有效腔长的精密测量, 获得了超高精细度光学微腔的共振频率及波长; 理论计算分析与实验测量结果相符, 对纵模间隔的测量精度误差低于0.004 nm, 较为修正前提高了约两个量级. 同时给出了对应不同模式数下, 光波渗入到介质中的深度. 该方法可望应用到其他微共振器的精密测量中. 关键词： 光学微腔 高精细度 共振频率     

Optomechanical effects in superfluid properties of BEC in an optical lattice

We investigate the effects of a movable mirror (cantilever) of an optical cavity on the superfluid properties and the Mott phase boundary of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattice. The Bloch energy, effective mass, Bogoliubov energy and the superfluid fraction are modified due to the mirror motion. The mirror motion is also found to modify the Mott-superfluid phase boundaries. This study reveals that the mirror emerges as a new handle to coherently control the superfluid properties of the BEC.     

一种新型微小视频卫星光学系统设计

基于Ritchey-Chretien （R-C）光学系统,采用Zemax软件设计次镜为类曼金反射镜的折反射式光学系统。系统的焦距为3 000 mm,视场角为1,相对孔径为1/8,工作谱段为450 nm~900 nm。结果表明,截止频率为50 lp/mm处的MTF值为0.55,接近衍射极限,畸变小于0.022%。类曼金镜的非球面反射面与主镜构成R-C光学系统,消除了系统的球差和彗差,折射面分担次镜的光焦度,减小了非球面的非球面偏心率。类曼金反射镜的加入,将次镜非球面偏心率的平方由4.356减小到1.940,而且系统总长度由600 mm减小到550 mm。     

Comparison of different methods for the spatially resolved measurement of losses in optical crystals

This paper presents and compares two methods for spatially resolved 2D-measurement of optical losses in laseractive and nonlinear optical crystals. In the first method, the losses are determined from the decrease of the finesse of an optical resonator when the crystal is inserted. The second method uses the dependency of the power enhancement inside the cavity and the fraction of the laser power reflected from the incoupling cavity mirror on the intracavity losses. These methods provide a spatial resolution as high as 120 μm. The absolute accuracy is up to 0.001%. PACS 81.70.Fy; 78.20.Ci     

Microwave excitation and readout of nano- and micron scale cantilevers

We show that a microwave near-field coaxial resonator system allows mechanical cantilever excitation on a scale much shorter than the microwave wavelength. Thermal noise is observed in the unexcited system, enabling room temperature displacement sensitivity of ∼70 fm/Hz^1/2. The measured force between near-field probe and cantilever varies with separation, in excellent agreement with theory. Uniquely, optical excitation and read-out lasers are also included. The dependence of mechanical resonator quality factor on ambient air pressure has been accurately measured. We have demonstrate passive cantilever mode cooling from 300 K to 80 K by frequency detuning the microwave resonator and propose pulsed cooling operation to enable several high-sensitivity applications.     

基于差分反射光谱的真空环境有机薄膜生长在线监测方法

有机薄膜器件是微电子和光电子领域的重点研究方向。薄膜制备过程的在线监测作为研究成膜机理和优化工艺参数最直接的测量手段,对薄膜器件的高质量制备具有重要意义。为实现真空环境有机薄膜制备过程的实时在线监测,提出了一种基于差分反射光谱术的高精度测量方法。采用离轴抛物面反射镜、光学平板和光纤等基本光学元器件构建紧凑型光路系统,运用差分算法分析光谱信号,具有较高的测量性能。测试了不同实验环境下光谱信号的波动,得出在控温条件下,系统的长时间测量重复性优于2‰。还研究了并五苯分子通过分子束外延制膜法在Au基底成膜初始阶段的生长过程。通过与膜厚仪和原子力显微镜测试结果比对,光谱信号精确反映出超薄膜在生长中引起的细微光学演变,其测量精度优于亚单分子层。实验结果表明,该差分反射光谱测量系统具有宽光谱(300～820 nm)、高稳定性(重复性优于2×10-3)、高测量精度(亚单分子层)等特点,并有效地抑制了光路装配误差、光学器件缺陷和环境干扰等对光信号的影响,作为一种高精度表面表征方法,适合于薄膜制备过程的实时在线监测。     

Manipulating a micro-cantilever between its optomechanical bistable states in a lever-based Fabry-Pérot cavity

In this paper, we demonstrate experimentally switching a cantilever between its optomechanical bistable states in a low finesse optical cavity. Our experiment shows that the deformation of cantilever can be manipulated by tuning the cavity resonance. When the laser power increases across the threshold value of 110 ?W, optomechanical bistability is induced by strong static photothermal backaction at room temperature. Numerical calculation revealed that the bistable effect originates from the multi-well potential created via the optomechanical interaction. Switching of the cantilever between the bistable states was achieved by tuning the cavity to the corresponding boundaries of the bistable region, where the barrier between the bistable states vanishes.     

On the finesse of a phase-conjugate Fabry-Perot resonator using nearly-degenerate four-wave mixing

We consider a Fabry-Perot cavity in which one of the mirrors is a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) using near-degenerate four-wave mixing. We show that when taking pump depletion into account, the divergence in finesse of the resonator predicted by linear theories for a resonator round trip gain approaching unity is eliminated. The saturation of the finesse as a function of pump intensity leads to a new kind of bistability in the transmission characteristics of the system.     

A simple optical system delivering a tunable micrometer pink beam that can compensate for heat‐induced deformations

The radiation from an undulator reflected from one or more optical elements (usually termed `pink‐beam') is used in photon‐hungry experiments. The optical elements serve as a high‐energy cutoff and for focusing purposes. One of the issues with this configuration is maintaining the focal spot dimension as the energy of the undulator is varied, since this changes the heat load absorbed by the first optical element. Finite‐element analyses of the power absorbed by a side water‐cooled mirror exposed to the radiation emitted by an undulator at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) and at the APS after the proposed upgrade (APSU) reveals that the mirror deformation is very close to a convex cylinder creating a virtual source closer to the mirror than the undulator source. Here a simple optical system is described based on a Kirkpatrick–Baez pair which keeps the focus size to less than 2 µm (in the APSU case) with a working distance of 350 mm despite the heat‐load‐induced change in source distance. Detailed ray tracings at several photon energies for both the APS and APSU show that slightly decreasing the angle of incidence on the mirrors corrects the change in the `virtual' position of the source. The system delivers more than 70% of the first undulator harmonic with very low higher‐orders contamination for energies between 5 and 10 keV.     

A laser cavity used as an etalon for interferometric control of its own field

A quantitative relationship between the cavity parameters and the angular structure of the emission scattered in a parallel-plane active cavity filled with an arbitrary set of optical elements has been determined. The multipath interference into the active cavity is demonstrated to have properties which differ radically from similar processes in the etalon—among other things the relatively low finesse of the cavity interference rings is independent of the mirror quality and is a function of the Fresnel number only. The use of the operating laser cavity as an etalon for precise control of its own mode wave parameters is discussed.     

Two-axis-scanning laser Doppler vibrometer for precision engineering

Laser Doppler vibrometer (LVD) has been the most favorite instrument for precision dynamics measurement due to its non-contact, high accuracy and high resolution. However, LDV can only give the dynamic data of a particular location on the entire feature. In order to get the whole field data, a laser beam-scanning mechanism has to be implemented. Currently, motor-driven scanning mirror is used to move the measurement probe from one point to another. The mechanical vibrations of the scanning mirror will reduce the measurement accuracy. This paper introduces a novel scanning LDV optical system embodied in an acousto-optic deflector scanning mechanism. It can improve the measurement accuracy since there is no mechanical motion involved. One main advantage of this system is that it generates a laser scanning beam in parallel that is different from the beam scanning in the conventional scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (SLDV). The new system has a board scanning range. The measurement target size ranges from few tens of millimeters down to 10 μm. We have demonstrated the capability of the novel system on scanning measurements of features as big as ultra-precision cutting tool to features as tiny as AFM cantilever. We believe that the novel SLDV will find profound potential applications in the precision engineering field.     

基于LED的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术

介绍了基于可见光波段高功率LED作为光源的高灵敏度宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术,该系统的探测灵敏度通过测量NO₂在472.3～479.3 nm范围内的吸收得到验证。将中心波长为457 nm的高功率LED发出的宽带非相干光耦合进入92.5 cm长、由两片高反射率透镜组成的高精度光学谐振腔内,使用CCD光谱仪(HR2000)测量透过光学腔的光强信号。腔镜在472.3～479.3 nm波长范围内的反射率通过O₂-O₂聚合物的吸收确定,实验测量了一系列低浓度NO₂气体样品,采用差分光谱拟合技术在80 s的平均时间内NO₂浓度反演的统计不确定性约为3.1 ppb(ng·mL-1)。     

Integrating cavity quantum electrodynamics and ultracold-atom chips with on-chip dielectric mirrors and temperature stabilization

We have fabricated an atom chip device which combines the circuitry for magnetic trapping of cold atoms with high-finesse optical resonators suitable for cavity QED in the single-atom strong coupling regime. Fabry–Pérot optical resonators with finesse were formed between a micropatterned on-chip planar mirror with lateral dimension of ≤ 100 μm and a curved mirror suspended above the chip. The strong and rapid thermal coupling between on-chip electrical and optical elements was utilized to stabilize the cavity mirror separation with servo bandwidth exceeding 100 kHz during simulated operation of the atom chip. PACS 42.50.Pq; 03.75.Be; 42.82.Cr     

光子晶体光纤陀螺的谐振腔设计

提出了一种新颖的基于光子晶体光纤和空间光学元件的光学谐振腔结构,利用MATLAB软件进行了谐振腔谐振特性的计算与分析,并在此基础上完成了谐振腔设计.设计的分析结果表明,当谐振腔输入镜M1和输出镜M2的反射率等于0.99时,谐振清晰度可以达到43.5,谐振腔谐振深度可以达到0.998 7,陀螺极限灵敏度可以达到0.5°/h.