通过极化原子束的磁偏转实现激光同位素浓缩

本文描述一种通过极化原子束的磁偏转实现同位素和同质异能素浓缩的新方法。用具有不同频率和偏振的激光进行选择性光抽运,使束中两同位素的原子分别反向高度极化,然后使这些反向极化的原子在经过自旋选态磁铁后沿不同方向偏转,从而实现同位素浓缩。推算了此法的选择性和产量,与其他方法相比,讨论了其优缺点和可能的应用前景。提出了用锂或钾进行实验的方案。 关键词：     

Eu同位素浓缩的实验研究

极化原子束有许多重要的应用，如用来研究原子散射过程、制备极化核、检验宇称守恒性、研究表面特性以及应用于同位素的浓缩过程。本文主要描述通过磁偏转极化原子束的方法对Eu元素进行同位素浓缩实验，结合Eu原子特有的能级结构，分析了原子束的极化原理，描述了原子束极化和同位素浓缩的实验装置。用具有特定频率和偏振的激光对^153Eu进行选择性光抽运，分别得到正、负极化原子束，正、负极化原子束，正、负极化后的原子束穿过六极偏转磁铁后分别被聚焦和发散，最后用热丝探测器控制，得到了清晰的Eu原子的浓缩信号，当各参数为最佳状态时，仅用一台激光器对^153Eu进行抽运极化，其浓缩效率可达4％。     

Eu原子束通过选态磁铁时的偏转特性

研究Eu原子束通过六极、二极磁铁选态系统时的偏转特性,主要考察如何合理选取选态系统参量以获得较高的选择性和较大的原子穿透立体角。本文结果,对磁偏转法浓缩非碱同位素等要求选态系统同时具备较高的选择性和较大的原子穿透立体角的实验有应用价值。 关键词：     

磁偏转电子枪的扫描系统

本文叙述了淀积光学膜应用磁偏转电子束扫描电子枪的优越性，并着重介绍给无扫描装置磁偏转电子枪加装扫描系统的方法及其原理和结构特点。     

混合卤化物中的极化子与双极化子

应用紧束缚双带模型对混合卤化物的电荷掺杂性质进行了计算,发现单电荷掺杂在混合卤化物中形成极化子,双电荷掺杂则形成稳定的双极化子;单体的长度和界面耦合都对极化子和双极化子的产生和稳定性有影响.混合卤化物的单体对掺杂电荷具有选择性;电子-电子相互作用并不能使形成双极化子的两个同号电荷相互排斥而形成两个单极化子.在具有电荷自发转移的材料中,混合卤化物单体对掺杂电荷没有像其他混合卤化物一样的选择性,掺杂电荷的定域位置取决于两种单体对该电荷的束缚能力. 关键词： 混合卤化物 极化子 电荷约束     

利用动态圆破解磁偏转极值(范围)问题——追忆2010年全国高考理综卷(Ⅰ)(Ⅱ)物理压卷题影踪

带电粒子在有界匀强磁场中运动,若其轨迹是一段圆弧,电磁学上则把这种运动称为磁偏转.磁偏转问题是高考的热点,可以很好地考查学生的理解能力、分析综合能力,特别是应用数学处理物理问题的能力,而其中极值(范围)问题又是这类问题中的难点.     

极化中子照相磁场量化技术方案比较与分析

极化中子照相技术通过分析极化中子束的自旋相移对样品磁场进行成像,目前已发展出多种成像技术方案,其中能量选择法和自旋回波法极化中子成像技术从不同的原理出发,解决了极化中子照相中磁场量化的周期解问题,同时避免装置极化效率等参数的影响,可以实现较高的量化精度.本文对两种极化中子照相技术方案进行研究,通过对单色器能量分辨率和装置极化效率等关键参数的分析和模拟,确定在研究堆上开展相关实验的可行性,并初步明确其量化能力和适用范围.相关结果可为极化中子照相的实验数据处理技术研究及装置设计提供参考.     

基于偏振无关分束器的两光子部分纠缠态的简化浓缩方案

经由偏振无关的光学分束器实现对未知两光子部分纠缠态的纠缠浓缩,包括利用单光子探测器的线性光学浓缩方案,和利用弱交叉Kerr非线性媒质、零拍探测的浓缩方案。两对部分纠缠的光子对中各一个信号光子同时通过偏振无关分束器后,当探测到分束器输出模中各有一个光子时,剩余的两光子将处于最大纠缠态。与以前的浓缩方案相比较,我们的浓缩方案不需要额外的Hadmard门对信号光子施加作用,所需要的光学器件较少,这增加了方案在实验实现上的可行性。     

基于偏振无关分束器的两光子部分纠缠态的简化浓缩方案

经由偏振无关的光学分束器实现对未知两光子部分纠缠态的纠缠浓缩,包括利用单光子探测器的线性光学浓缩方案,和利用弱交叉Kerr非线性媒质、零拍探测的浓缩方案。两对部分纠缠的光子对中各一个信号光子同时通过偏振无关分束器后,当探测到分束器输出模中各有一个光子时,剩余的两光子将处于最大纠缠态。与以前的浓缩方案相比较,我们的浓缩方案不需要额外的Hadmard门对信号光子施加作用,所需要的光学器件较少,这增加了方案在实验实现上的可行性。     

钯膜分离氢氦过程中浓差极化现象

根据设计,未来聚变堆等离子体排灰气中除了氘氚还含有以惰性气体为主的杂质气体,会在钯膜纯化氢同位素的过程中产生不容忽视的浓差极化现象,降低排灰气的处理效率。针对这一现象,以氢氦混合气为源项,研究了钯膜在分离氢氦过程中浓差极化对渗氢性能的影响,利用极化系数对浓差极化的程度进行评估,并考察了渗氢驱动力、氦气浓度以及原料气流量对极化系数的影响。结果表明:在150,300,450kPa时的H2/He选择性分别为37 460,18 347和7935,可以看出钯膜致密性良好;浓差极化系数随着渗氢驱动力和氦气浓度的升高而增大,对于原料气流量的变化则呈现相反趋势。     

Radiation-detected optical pumping in solids

Radiation-detected optical pumping in solids has been developed to investigate the structure of unstable nuclei. Appreciable nuclear polarization of implanted or doped unstable-nuclei in a host crystal is achieved with the optical pumping in solids. The nuclear polarization achieved is enhanced/reduced by applying a radio-frequency magnetic field together with the optical pumping, radiation-detected magnetic resonance being thus observed to get information on electromagnetic properties of unstable nuclei. Two schemes have been successfully developed for the optical pumping of unstable nuclei in solids. One is to directly pump the atoms by the excitation from the ground state to a broad absorption band in visible and UV regions which shows a large magnetic circular dichroism. This scheme is applicable to many rare-earth atoms in alkaline-earth fluoride host. The other scheme is to pump the electrons in the conduction band of direct-type semiconductor and thus indirectly polarize the nuclei in the host material via a hyperfine interaction between the nuclei and the polarized conduction electrons. This scheme can be especially applied to the III to VI families of atoms in direct-type semiconductors. Principle of the methods, on-line experimental system, and a few examples of the results obtained so far are presented and discussed.     

PRODUCTION OF POLARIZED 7Li ATOMIC BEAM IN STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD BY OPTICAL PUMPING

The production of a polarized ⁷Li atomic beam in a strong magnetic field was experimentally studied by laser optical pumping of a single ground hyperfine F level. It was shown that nearly complete negative and partial positive polarizations of ⁷Li atoms could be realized under appropriate conditions by this pumping scheme, which was in agreement with the rate equation calculations. Based on the analyses of transition probabilities, the maximum polarizations for various transitions and light polarizations were given.     

PRODUCTION OF POLARIZED 7Li ATOMIC BEAM IN STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD BY OPTICAL PUMPING

The production of a polarized ⁷Li atomic beam in a strong magnetic field was experimentally studied by laser optical pumping of a single ground hyperfine F level. It was shown that nearly complete negative and partial positive polarizations of ⁷Li atoms could be realized under appropriate conditions by this pumping scheme, which was in agreement with the rate equation calculations. Based on the analyses of transition probabilities, the maximum polarizations for various transitions and light polarizations were given.     

Features of the Magnetic Resonance of an Alkali Metal upon Biharmonic Pumping

The dynamics of spin projections of the electron shell of an alkali metal on the coordinate axis is considered in the electron paramagnetic resonance scheme with continuous pumping by biharmonic circularly polarized laser radiation. The working region is a cell with alkali vapor metal vapors and a buffer gas at a high concentration at temperature 60°C. It was found that the use of biharmonic pumping causes not only the expected electron-spin precession, but also pulsations of the electron-spin projection on the axis along which the magnetic field is directed. The frequency of these pulsations depends on the nuclear angular momentum of alkali metal atoms. In the case of the transverse electron magnetic resonance, this effect is absent.     

Interrelationship between the polarization moments of different parity upon optical pumping of atoms under magnetic resonance conditions: III. Comparison of theory with experiment

The optical pumping of Cs atoms with light of the D ₁ line under magnetic resonance conditions is numerically calculated. This calculation is done to check the suggestion that an unexpectedly strong influence of the polarization of the pumping light on the resonance signals of transverse alignment, which we observed experimentally, is caused by the coupling between orientation and alignment by means of the magnetic field and/or the pumping light. This suggestion has been confirmed: upon circularly polarized pumping, the shape of the signal line of transverse alignment proved to be similar, as well as in the experiment, to the shape of the signal line of transverse orientation and was sharply different from the shape of the line of alignment observed upon linearly polarized pumping. For metastable 2³ S ₁ ⁴He atoms, in accordance with the experimental data, the calculated shape of the signal line of transverse alignment is found to be independent of the polarization of the pumping light. The calculations also confirm the possibility of a reverse effect: the influence of alignment on orientation, which manifests itself in the occurrence of orientation upon pumping with unpolarized light under magnetic resonance conditions. For Cs atoms exposed to a field of ～0.6 Oe, the largest contribution to this effect is yielded by the field coupling of orientation and alignment, whereas, for metastable 2³ S ₁ ⁴He atoms, the largest contribution is made by the light coupling of these polarization moments.     

Interrelationship between the polarization moments of different parity upon optical pumping of atoms under magnetic resonance conditions: II. Theory

The mutual coupling between the polarization moments with ranks of different parity is theoretically considered. The manifestation of this mutual coupling has been revealed previously in experiments on magnetic resonance of optically oriented cesium atoms. The two well-known types of the coupling between the polarization moments are considered: the field coupling of these moments that occur due to the breaking of the hyperfine coupling between the electronic and nuclear moments of the alkali atom by the magnetic field and the light coupling of the moments due to the absorption of the pumping light by polarized atoms. The experimentally observed similarity in the shape of resonance signals of alignment and orientation upon circularly polarized pumping can be explained by the fact that, for alkali atoms, the generation of alignment by light at the wavelength of the D ₁ line is of low efficiency. Therefore, alignment arises mainly from orientation by means of either the field or the light coupling of polarization moments. For metastable 2³ S ₁ ⁴He atoms, no influence of the orientation on the alignment was observed because, in these atoms, the field coupling between the polarization moments is absent and the light coupling is not displayed because the generation of alignment by the circularly polarized pumping light is more efficient than the creation of alignment from orientation by means of light coupling of polarization moments.     

Optical pumping of the Zeeman components in the rubidium vapor

We investigated the optical pumping of the Zeeman components of rubidium atoms, in the presence of the external magnetic field ranging from the geomagnetic up to 130 Gauss. Using the saturated absorption spectroscopy with linearly polarized pump and probe laser beams, the rubidium Doppler-free spectra at different magnetic field strengths were measured. The dips (negative intensity signals) in the saturated absorption spectra of the ⁸⁷Rb hyperfine transition lines were observed. They come as a result of the alignment process induced by the incoherent population transfer due to the hyperfine optical pumping. By inspection of the dips for different magnetic field strengths we were able to conclude about the dynamics of the alignment process in the external magnetic field. Present work is a part of the investigations concerning the influence of the magnetic field on the velocity selective optical pumping of the rubidium atoms induced by femtosecond frequency comb [D. Aumiler, T. Ban, H. Skenderovi?, G. Pichler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 233001; T. Ban, D. Aumiler, H. Skenderovi?, G. Pichler, Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 043407].     

Dispersive effects in optically pumped (2 S1) He atomic vapor measured by using a geometrical optics technique

This paper describes an experiment where the Hanle effect and the double magnetic resonance in the metastable state of an atomic transition is detected, not by a modification of the light absorbed or reemitted by the atoms, but by a modification of the refractive index of the atomic vapor. The detection is based on the deflection of the optical pumping beam by a prismatic cell containing the gas and measured with the help of a position sensitive detector.