Atomic reflection off conductor walls as a tool in cold atom traps

We explain why a system of cold ⁸⁵Rb atoms at temperatures of the order T≈ 7.78× 10^-5 K and below, but not too low to lie in the quantum reflection regime, should be automatically repelled from the surface of a conductor without the need of an evanescent field, as in a typical atom mirror, to counteract the van der Waals attraction. The repulsive potential arises naturally outside the conductor and is effective at distances from the conductor surface of about 400 nm, intermediate between the van der Waals and the Casimir-Polder regions of variation. We propose that such a field-free reflection capability should be useful as a component in cold atom traps. It should be practically free of undesirable field fluctuations and would be operative at distances for which surface roughness, dissipative effects and other finite conductivity effects should be negligibly small.     

Arrays of microscopic magnetic traps for cold atoms and their applications in atom optics

A single microscopic magnetic trap for neutral atoms using planar current-carrying wires was proposed and studied theoretically by Weinstein et al.In this paper,we propose three structures of composite current-carrying wires to provide 1D,2D and 3D arrays of microscopic magnetic traps for cold alkali atoms.The spatial distributions of magnetic fields generated by these structures are calculated and the field gradient and curvature in each single microtrap are analysed.Our study shows that arrays of microscopic magnetic traps can be used to provide 1D,2D or 3D atomic magnetic lattices,and even to realize 1D,2D and 3D arrays of magneto-optical traps,and so on.     

High-performance laser power feedback control system for cold atom physics

A laser power feedback control system that features fast response,large-scale performance,low noise,and excellent stability is presented. Some essential points used for optimization are described. Primary optical lattice experiments are given as examples to show the performance of this system. With these performance characteristics,the power control system is useful for applications in cold atom physics and precision measurements.     

超短脉冲激光与钾原子的相互作用

采有耦合和非耦合表象,描述了超短脉冲激光与钾原子的相互作用。分析了进一步 激发光电离的过程,导出了跃迁终态随激光偏振组合的密切关键。     

冷原子穿越激光束的量子隧穿时间

原子通过激光冷却技术能够被制备在低温状态，这时冷原子云会展现出量子力学的波动性.研究了一束冷原子入射到一个蓝失谐的激光束上所表现出的量子力学隧穿效应.蓝失谐的激光束相对于冷原子而言等效于一个量子力学势垒.根据二能级模型，在理论上分析了具有内部结构的原子矢量物质波穿过激光束的量子力学反射与透射，特别是对原子穿越激光束所需的时间——量子隧穿时间进行了详细的研究.量子力学波动性使得冷原子穿越一个激光束时明显地展现出与经典粒子(热原子)不同的结果. 关键词： 冷原子 原子光学 量子隧穿     

Microwave coherent manipulation of cold atoms in optically induced fictitious magnetic traps on an atom chip

We propose a novel on-chip platform for controlling and manipulating cold atoms precisely and coherently. The scheme is achieved by producing optically induced fictitious magnetic traps(OFMTs) with 790 nm(for ~(87)Rb) circularly polarized laser beams and state-dependent potentials simultaneously for two internal atomic states with microwave coplanar waveguides. We carry out numerical calculations and simulations for controlled collisional interactions between OFMTs and addressable single atoms' manipulation on our designed hybrid atom chips. The results show that our proposed platform is feasible and flexible, which has wide applications including collisional dynamics investigation, entanglement generation,and scalable quantum gates implementation.     

Clean,cold, and liquid-free laser transfer of biomaterials

Blister-based laser induced forward transfer (BB-LIFT) is proposed as a promising tool for clean, cold and liquid-free local transfer of various organic substances. The feature of the given technique is that ejection of the material from the target results from non-destructive blistering of a thin metal film covering a transparent support. Applicability of the BB-LIFT driven by nanosecond laser pulses for micro-patterning of few organic Langmuir films was examined. Clean laser transfer with negligible material heating has been demonstrated for the nanoaggregated porphyrin films under optimized processing conditions. However, laser transfer of biopolymers, which form elastic and durable films at the target, meets essential problems and requires new solutions.     

Reversible state transfer between light and a single trapped atom

We demonstrate the reversible mapping of a coherent state of light with a mean photon number (-)n approximately equal to 1.1 to and from the hyperfine states of an atom trapped within the mode of a high-finesse optical cavity. The coherence of the basic processes is verified by mapping the atomic state back onto a field state in a way that depends on the phase of the original coherent state. Our experiment represents an important step toward the realization of cavity QED-based quantum networks, wherein coherent transfer of quantum states enables the distribution of quantum information across the network.     

Three level atom optics in dipole traps and waveguides

An analogy is explored between a setup of three atomic traps coupled via tunneling and an internal atomic three-level system interacting with two laser fields. Within this scenario we describe a STIRAP like process which allows to move an atom between the ground states of two trapping potentials and analyze its robustness. This analogy is extended to other robust and coherent transport schemes and to systems of more than a single atom. Finally it is applied to manipulate external degrees of freedom of atomic wave packets propagating in waveguides.     

单原子在两个远红失谐光偶极阱中的转移

在光偶极阱中实现单个中性原子的囚禁及其操控在量子信息处理中具有重要的应用.为此在使用强聚焦远红失谐激光形成的光偶极阱囚禁单个中性铷原子后,通过一个空间可移动的光偶极阱从静止的光偶极阱上掠过,实现了将静止的光偶极阱中的单原子以94%的概率转移到可移动的光偶极阱中,并将该原子移动到焦平面上指定的位置.该实验对于实现光偶极阱阵列中任意两个原子的纠缠以及光偶极阱中原子外在自由度的操控等研究有着潜在的应用.     

Integrated,reliable laser system for an 87Rb cold atom fountain clock

We designed, assembled, and tested a reliable laser system for ⁸⁷Rb cold atom fountain clocks. The laser system is divided into four modules according to function, which are convenient for installing, adjusting, maintaining, and replacing of the modules. In each functional module, all optical components are fixed on a baseplate with glue and screws, ensuring the system's structural stability. Mechanical stability was verified in a 6.11g RMS randomvibration test, where the change in output power before and after vibration was less than 5%. Thermal stability was realized by optimizing of the structure and appropriate selection of component materials of the modules through thermal simulation. In the laser splitting and output module, the change in laser power was less than 20% for each fiber in thermal cycles from 5 ℃ to 43 ℃. Finally, the functionality of the laser system was verified for a rubidium fountain clock.     

Nonperturbative entangling gates between distant qubits using uniform cold atom chains

We propose a new fast scalable method for achieving a two-qubit entangling gate between arbitrary distant qubits in a network by exploiting dispersionless propagation in uniform chains. This is achieved dynamically by switching on a strong interaction between the qubits and a bus formed by a nonengineered chain of interacting qubits. The quality of the gate scales very efficiently with qubit separations. Surprisingly, a sudden switching of the couplings is not necessary. Moreover, our gate mechanism works for multiple gate operations without resetting the bus. We propose a possible experimental realization in cold atoms trapped in optical lattices and near field Fresnel trapping potentials.     

冷原子系综中两正交光场偏振模高效率存储的实验研究

高效率光量子信息存储是可扩展光量子信息处理的一个重要工具.本文对一个冷原子系综中两正交光场偏振模的高效率存储进行了实验研究.通过在雪茄型冷原子系统上施加一个中等强度的磁场,消除了原子Zeeman子能级的简并性,从而使磁敏感自旋波从电磁感应透明系统中被移出,由此完成了两正交光场偏振模高效率、长寿命的量子存储.实验测量了两偏振模存储效率与存储时间以及实验重复频率的关系,结果表明,随着重复频率的增加,存储效率逐渐降低,在10 Hz时,测量得到两偏振模存储效率为30%,同时存储寿命达到3 ms.测量结果为偏振纠缠在冷原子系统中的存储提供了重要的实验基础.     

Time-averaged adiabatic potentials: versatile matter-wave guides and atom traps

We demonstrate a novel class of trapping potentials, time-averaged adiabatic potentials (TAAP), which allows the generation of a large variety of traps for quantum gases and matter-wave guides for atom interferometers. Examples include stacks of pancakes, rows of cigars, and multiple rings or sickles. The traps can be coupled through controllable tunneling barriers or merged altogether. We present analytical expressions for pancake-, cigar-, and ring-shaped traps. The ring geometry is of particular interest for guided matter-wave interferometry as it provides a perfectly smooth waveguide of widely tunable diameter and thus adjustable sensitivity of the interferometer. The flexibility of the TAAP would make possible the use of Bose-Einstein condensates as coherent matter waves in large-area atom interferometers.     

Coherent population transfer in Rydberg potassium atom by a single frequency-chirped laser pulse

By using the time-dependent multilevel approach, we have calculated the coherent population transfer among the quantum states of potassium atom by a single frequency-chirped laser pulse. The results show that the population can be efficiently transferred to a target state and be trapped there by using an `intuitive' or a `counter-intuitive' frequency sweep laser pulse in the case of `narrowband' frequency-chirped laser pulse. It is also found that a pair of sequential `broadband' frequency-chirped laser pulses can efficiently transfer population from one ground state of the \La atom to the other one.     

大气压力对激光辐照双层板接触传热的影响

考虑激光辐照下结构变形对双层板接触传热影响可以更真实地反映两板间的传热情况,通过实验和数值模拟分析了大气压力对接触传热的影响。结果表明:大气压力对接触热阻影响非常明显,当大气压力超过一定值后,双层板界面始终接触,后板中心的温升阶段成类抛物形状;当大气压力在某一范围内,大气压力与温度矩产生的靶板挠度相当,接触面时分时合,后板的温升阶段成振荡式类线性增加;当大气压力小于某一特定值时,后板温度有一突跃过程,通过适当的设计有可能观测到该现象。     

大气压力对激光辐照双层板接触传热的影响

考虑激光辐照下结构变形对双层板接触传热影响可以更真实地反映两板间的传热情况,通过实验和数值模拟分析了大气压力对接触传热的影响。结果表明：大气压力对接触热阻影响非常明显,当大气压力超过一定值后,双层板界面始终接触,后板中心的温升阶段成类抛物形状;当大气压力在某一范围内,大气压力与温度矩产生的靶板挠度相当,接触面时分时合,后板的温升阶段成振荡式类线性增加;当大气压力小于某一特定值时,后板温度有一突跃过程,通过适当的设计有可能观测到该现象。     

Energy transfer processes in two different bifluorophoric laser dyes

The mechanism of intramolecular energy transfer in two bifluorophoric laser dyes has been investigated by measurements of laser parameters, excited state absorption and phosphorescence spectra. The new value found for the dimethyl-POPOP triplet energy (48.0 kcal/mole) accounts for the different behaviour of the two classes of bifluorophoric dyes used in this investigation.