Microscopic measurement of photon echo formation in groups of individual excitonic transitions

The third-order polarization emitted from groups of individual localized excitonic transitions after pulsed optical excitation is measured. We observe the evolution of the nonlinear response from the case of a free polarization decay for a single transition, to that of a photon echo for many transitions. The echo is shown to arise from the mutual rephasing of the emission from individual transitions.     

Dynamic and stimulated rf echo in high-Tc superconducting powders

Two-pulse and three-pulse echoes in powdered yttrium and bismuth high-T _c superconductors are investigated to determine the dependence of the signal amplitude on the magnetic field, the temperature, and the gas pressure. The temperature is measured as a function of the relaxation time of the echo signal. The properties of the long-lived rf echo are studied in detail; it exhibits a persistent (lasting more than several hours) memory of a time series of write pulses and a cumulative storage effect. The experimental results can be explained qualitatively within the framework of the theory proposed by Asadullin [Sverkhprovodimost’ 6, 545 (1993)] to account for the nonlinear motion of vortices associated with sample defects. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 111, 1032–1046 (March 1997)     

Photon echo in the presence of a magnetic field: New prospects for data accumulation and processing

The possibility for echo signal switching-off and the switching of echo polarization between the ±45° positions is demonstrated for the photon echo (PE) and stimulated photon echo (SPE) generated in Yb vapor at the (6s6p)³ P ₁ ? (6s ²)¹ S ₀ transition by two pulses of the resonant linearly polarized radiation at appropriate experimental parameters in the weak magnetic field limit. The experimental data are in qualitative agreement with the theoretical analysis and the calculations made for the 1 ? 0 transition. The strong magnetic field limit leads to unpolarized PE and SPE signals generated by linearly polarized radiation pulses. The possibility of the generation of a long-lived echo in ytterbium vapor due to the magnetic field induced mixing of the upper working level with the metastable level is discussed. The results can be employed for the optical data storage and processing.     

Subwavelength modulational instability and plasmon oscillons in nanoparticle arrays

We study modulational instability in nonlinear arrays of subwavelength metallic nanoparticles and analyze numerically nonlinear scenarios of the instability development. We demonstrate that modulational instability can lead to the formation of regular periodic or quasiperiodic modulations of the polarization. We reveal that such nonlinear nanoparticle arrays can support long-lived standing and moving oscillating nonlinear localized modes--plasmon oscillons.     

Modified stimulated photon echo with hyperfine structure of resonant levels

The intensity and polarization of a modified stimulated photon echo generated on resonant levels with hyperfine structure are obtained. It is proposed that the polarization properties of this kind of a photon echo can be used for the identification of the structure of the resonant transitions on which the echo is formed as well as for the separation of the modified stimulated photon echo pulse from the third exciting pulse.     

Optimal conditions for exciting long-lived photon echo signals in impurity nanocrystals

The specific features of the formation of long-lived photon echo signals in dielectric nanocrystals doped with rare earth ions have been considered. It is shown that the optimal situation for observing long-lived photon echo signals in impurity nanocrystals is the absence of resonance between the vibrational modes of the nanomatrix and the impurity-ion electronic transitions, contributing to the spin-phonon relaxation.     

Conventional and collision photon echo in ytterbium vapor

The polarization properties of the photon echo generated by two linearly polarized pulses of resonant radiation at the (6s6p)³ P ₁ ? (6s ²)¹ S ₀ transition of ¹⁷⁴Yb are investigated. A complicated polarization behavior of the photon echo versus an angle between the polarization vectors of the excitation pulses is revealed in a mixture of ytterbium vapor with inert gas. For the angles ranging from 0° to 75°, a conventional echo with its linear polarization coinciding with the second excitation pulse dominates and the echo amplitude decreases with an increasing angle. For the angles ranging from 75° to 89°, the photon echo is elliptically polarized. Finally, for an angle of 90°, the conventional echo disappears and the collision echo becomes linearly polarized along the first excitation pulse.     

捕光复合物中起源于电子-振动耦合的长时间相干

We theoretically investigate the evolutions of two-dimensional, third-order, nonlinear pho-ton echo rephasing spectra with population time by using an exact numerical path integral method. It is shown that for the same system, the coherence time and relaxation time of excitonic states are short, however, if the couplings of electronic and intra-pigment vibra-tional modes are considered, the coherence time and relaxation time of this vibronic states are greatly extended. It means that the couplings between electronic and vibrational modes play important roles in keeping long-lived coherence in light-harvesting complexes. Particularly, by using the method we can fix the transition path of the energy transfer in bio-molecular systems.     

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.     

Long-lived NMR echoes in solids

A new type of long-lived NMR echo in solids with homogeneously broadened dipolar spectra is discussed. The echo can be generated by a simple two-pulse Hahn sequence in solid samples, where dipolar-coupled nuclei have different chemical shifts. We present general considerations and simple theoretical models which explain some features of this phenomenon.     

基于多重散射强度和偏振特征的舰船尾流气泡激光探测方法

研究多重散射效应对舰船尾流气泡群光散射强度和偏振特征的影响是舰船光尾流探测以及新型光自导鱼雷研究的基础. 基于矢量Monte Carlo方法建立了舰船尾流气泡群激光后向探测仿真模型, 重点研究了尾流气泡群的多重散射机理,分析了多重散射效应、尾流气泡群密度对回波信号强度和偏振特征的影响规律. 基于粒子碰撞重要性抽样的基本思想, 在传统能量接收方法的基础上, 提出了回波光子偏振贡献接收方法和回波信号偏振信息统计方法, 解决了小视场系统光子返回概率低无法形成回波能量的难题. 构建了模拟尾流气泡群激光散射强度和偏振探测实验平台, 从实验的角度验证了模拟结果的准确性. 实验和模拟结果的一致性表明, 利用回波强度、偏振信息可表征气泡群距离、密度信息, 从而可对舰船尾流特别是低密度尾流进行高精度的探测和辨识. 关键词： Monte Carlo 偏振 多重散射 气泡     

Localization of long-lived states in trans-poly(acetylene): Probing by photoinduced polarimetry

A weak polarization response of the photoexcited states of a conjugated πelectron chain is investigated by cw photoinduced polarimetry. The experiments are carried out with films and solutions of isotropic nano-poly(acetylene) at room temperature. It is found that the polarization response is caused by a weak linear dichroism of the long-lived excited state of nano-trans-poly(acetylene) with a ratio of ≈0.6 between the absorption coefficients of light polarized transverse to and along the polymer chain. It is suggested that the π electrons in long-lived states of nano-trans-poly(acetylene) are localized at several C-C bond lengths.     

Optical polarization echo: Manifestation and study by methods of quantum tomography of states and processes

The polarization echo effect is demonstrated, which is manifested in the identity of a composite polarization transformation irrespective of the spectrum of the input polarization state. The pure input state transfers during its evolution to a completely mixed state and then returns to the initial state. The stages of this evolution are completely analogous to the corresponding stages of the “classical” spin echo effect. The adequacy of transformations performed for conditionally prepared one-photon polarization states is verified by the tomography of the quantum process.     

Coherent optical spectroscopy of promising materials for solid-state optical processors

State of the art of optical coherent spectroscopy of doped solids that are promising as information carriers for optical processors is reviewed. Special attention is paid to optical echo spectroscopy of doped crystals classified as the Van-Vleck paramagnets where the long-lived stimulated echo is observed with the optical-memory time reaching several hours at low temperatures. Modern elaborations of optical echo processors based on this echo phenomenon are discussed. Physical principles of femtosecond echo spectroscopy and coherent four-wave mixing spectroscopy are formulated. The abilities of these methods in the diagnostics of fast processes at room temperature are illustrated using examples of a doped polymer films. The results of elaborations of a new branch of optical spectroscopy (biphoton spectroscopy) are also presented. The advantages and possible applications of this method are demonstrated using an example of two crystals (Er³⁺:YAG and Cr³⁺:Al₂O₃).     

Structure of photon echo signals under excitation of a medium by few-cycle optical pulses

The results of original theoretical investigations of the primary and long-lived photon echo, generated by sequences of broadband and quasi-monochromatic pulses, are reported. Both echo responses and the effect of correlation of their profiles with the profiles of excitation pulses have a two-frequency character.     

基于微面元理论的“猫眼”目标回波散射偏振特性研究

为了研究"猫眼"目标表面回波散射偏振特性,基于微面元理论建立了偏振双向反射分布函数模型,指出线偏振光在"猫眼"目标表面回波散射的偏振度与目标表面粗糙度、复折射率以及入射角、探测角有关。主要研究"猫眼"目标表面粗糙度对其回波散射偏振度的影响,利用Matlab仿真得到"猫眼"目标回波偏振度与目标表面粗糙度参数σ的关系曲线。选择经过不同砂纸打磨的硅片作为"猫眼"目标进行实验,当硅片表面均方根高度分别为0.067μm、0.554μm、0.726μm、1.651μm、1.893μm时,其表面回波散射偏振度的测量值依次为98.83%、98.16%、96.08%、94.91%、94.6%,表明"猫眼"目标回波散射的偏振度随其表面粗糙度的增大而减小。     

Coherent nonlinear interference effect for devices of long-term memory with femtosecond pulses

Computer simulation of the response (polarization) of three-level systems (for example, of quantum dots) with the common upper level (the Λ-scheme) was carried out for devices of long-term memory with femtosecond driving and signal pulses. For producing an efficient response, the pulse area should be on the order of π. Under the action of the first driving pulse on the 1–2 transition and the simultaneous action of the probe pulse on the 3–2 transition, a long-lived polarization with the lifetime dependent on the lifetimes of the lower (1 and 3) levels appears owing to the nonlinear interference effect. Under the action of the second driving pulse, a signal pulse appears on the 3–2 transition, whose amplitude is proportional to the amplitude of the input probe pulse and exponentially decreases with the delay time between the first and the second driving pulses. The set of equations for the density matrix was solved numerically in the semiclassical approximation and in the rotating wave approximation. The temporal evolution of the nondiagonal matrix elements reflects the temporal evolution of the nonlinear polarization. The polarization spectrum is found by the Fourier transform of the time dependence of the nondiagonal elements. The polarization spectrum (the power spectrum) possesses an interference structure with a fringe period governed by the delay time between the first and the second driving pulses. The inverse Fourier transform reconstructs the temporal shape of the pulses.     

Stimulated spin echo upon excitation with pseudorandom pulses

Different regimes of excitation of a stimulated spin echo by pseudorandom pulses and short coherent delta-shaped pulses are considered. Radio pulses phase-shifted by a 127-element M sequence are used as pseudorandom signals. The shape of the complex envelope of the stimulated echo is simulated in linear and nonlinear regimes with respect to the phase-shifted pulses. It is demonstrated that the excitation pulses can be described by correlation functions. Appropriate conditions are determined under which the amplitude of the stimulated echo can be greater than the amplitude corresponding to the classical algorithm used for exciting a stimulated echo by three delta-shaped pulses. The results obtained can be used for analyzing the formation of a stimulated photon echo.     

Nonresonant echo spectroscopy of inhomogeneously broadened two-level systems

Effects which arise in inhomogeneously broadened systems upon nonresonant excitation are examined theoretically. The effect of such excitation on the signals representing a decaying free polarization and a two-pulse echo is discussed. The onset of echo signals generated in two-pulse retarded nutation during the application of a field is studied. The response can acquire a multicomponent structure. This structure is manifested in the appearance of a single-pulse echo, eight satellites in the two-pulse echo, and four nutation echo signals in the retarded two-pulse nutation. An experimental study of these effects is reported. The possibility of using them to determine relaxation times is analyzed.Institute of Solid-State and Semiconductor Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Scientific-Research Institute of Problems of Semiconductor Physics, Belarus State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 59–71, July, 1993.     

Impacts of operational parameters on nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser

The operational parameters including the polarization controlling and the pump power in a nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser are studied in this paper.The carrier rate equations of the activated erbium-doped fiber are first employed together with the nonlinear Shro¨dinger equations to reveal the relation between the operational parameters and the output state of the passively mode-locked fiber laser.The numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the output state of the mode-locked laser varies with the polarization controlling and the pump power.The periodicity of the polarization controlling is observed.With given pump power,there exists a set of polarization controlling under which the ultra-short pulse can be generated.With given polarization controlling,the mode-locked state can be maintained generally except for some particular values of pump power.Three shapes of the output optical spectra from the fiber cavity can be identified when the pump power changes.The results in this paper provide a comprehensive insight into the operation of the nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser.