射频场控制的磁子能级中单色激光吸收抑制

理论上研究了射频场作用下多塞曼能级系统中单色激光的吸收抑制现象.一束单色线偏振或者椭圆偏振的激光作用于铷原子两能级间,线或椭圆偏振矢量方向与磁场方向垂直.在磁场中冷铷原子能级发生分裂,通过一个射频场将这些磁子能级耦合起来.当扫描射频场频率时,计算表明原子对单色光的吸收谱中出现了透射峰,类似于电磁诱导透明现象,光吸收减弱,光场透射增强.对于线性偏振或者椭圆偏振的单色光均能得到透射增强的结果 .这种现象完全不同于通常光泵磁共振实验中射频场与磁子能级谐振时光被吸收最多的现象.这种扫描射频场频率时单色光的透射增强现象来自于磁子能级间的相干效应.计算表明在扫描射频场频率时单色光吸收谱中出现的透射峰与射频场的拉比频率和椭圆偏振光的左旋和右旋圆偏振成分相关.这种射频场控制的单色光透射增强效应在磁场测量,光信息处理等领域有潜在的应用价值.     

磁共振系统中自旋极化过程的时间特性

本文从理论上和实验上分析了铷原子在静磁场和射频磁场作用下激光抽运磁共振系统中极化过程的时间特性。在我们的实验中,构建了简单的激光抽运实验平台,并通过记录探测光的透射强度监测铷原子的极化状态。射频场关闭时,铷原子通过吸收圆偏共振探测光实现极化,透射光强度达到最大。打开共振射频磁场,极化状态被破坏,即原子会退极化并重新吸收探测光,透射光强度减弱。实验结果表明,探测光功率会影响铷原子实现极化的过程。探测光功率越大,完成极化所需的时间越短。在70μW到200μW的探测光功率范围内,铷原子完成自旋极化的时间由33.93 ms缩短到23.37 ms。基于三能级系统的密度矩阵理论数值分析,有力地支持了所提供的实验数据。     

铷原子热蒸气中强非线性效应产生激光模式图样的实验研究

研究了具有高斯横向分布的连续激光束单次通过铷原子蒸气后,在近共振附近铷原子蒸气中,由强的非线性克尔效应导致激光分裂成细丝的现象,并且这些细丝的衍射图样在远场通过相干叠加,可以形成具有规则结构的斑图模式.实验上研究了输入光功率,铷泡温度和抽运激光频率相对于⁸⁵Rb原子D₂线的不同失谐位置等因素对斑图模式的影响.由于铷原子的超精细能级结构,在铷原子蒸气中同时存在与三阶非线性效应相关的四波混频现象,通过扫描探测光的频率同时观察到具有斯托克斯和反斯托克斯光子的拉曼增益现象. 关键词： 铷原子蒸气 克尔效应 自聚焦 斑图     

锶原子光晶格钟自旋极化谱线的探测

87Sr原子存在核自旋,在磁场作用下原子能级会分裂成不同塞曼子能级.通过光抽运对原子进行自旋极化,其自旋极化谱线的探测为锶光钟系统的闭环锁定提供精确的频率参考.本文对~(87)Sr原子钟跃迁能级5s~2~1S_0→5s5p~3P_0中的m_F=+9/2和m_F=-9/2的塞曼磁子能级自旋极化谱线进行了探测.经过一级宽带冷却和二级窄线宽冷却与俘获后,锶冷原子温度为3.9μK,原子数目为3.5×10~6.利用邻近"魔术波长"的813.426 nm半导体激光光源实现水平方向的一维光晶格装载.采用归一化探测方法用线宽为Hz量级的698 nm钟激光对~1S_0→~3P_0偶极禁戒跃迁进行探测,在150 ms的探测时间下获得线宽为6.7 Hz的钟跃迁简并谱.在磁光阱竖直方向施加一个300 mGs的偏置磁场获得塞曼分裂谱,并通过689 nm的圆偏振自旋极化光进行光抽运,最终在探测时间为150 ms时,获得左右旋极化谱线线宽分别为6.2 Hz和6.8 Hz.     

五能级87Rb原子系统中相干诱导的可调谐三光子带隙

研究了一个由两个同向驻波场和一个微波场相干驱动的五能级87 Rb原子系统,并在探测场共振频率处实现了可调谐三光子带隙。利用激光场与多能级原子系综相互作用的密度矩阵方程,结合光脉冲在具有空间周期性介质中的相干传输矩阵理论,推导出了描述相干原子系统稳态条件下的反射谱和透射谱。由数值模拟发现,通过改变驱动场的失谐和拉比频率可以动力学地调控光子带隙的位置和宽度,而且这种相干诱导三光子带隙能够同时操控三个不同中心频率光脉冲的传播。     

腔场耦合的二能级原子荧光谱北大核心

通过光与物质相互作用的主方程计算了强场激励的二能级原子与单模腔耦合的稳态荧光谱.在腔场的强耦合作用下,三峰Mollow谱的每个成分都分裂为多重的,这种现象由腔场使原子修饰态能级漂移而导致的,荧光谱的具体结构则依赖于驱动场的拉比频率和原子-腔的耦合系数.     

腔场耦合的二能级原子荧光谱

通过光与物质相互作用的主方程计算了强场激励的二能级原子与单模腔耦合的稳态荧光谱.在腔场的强耦合作用下,三峰Mollow谱的每个成分都分裂为多重的,这种现象由腔场使原子修饰态能级漂移而导致的,荧光谱的具体结构则依赖于驱动场的拉比频率和原子-腔的耦合系数.     

利用原子的塞曼光谱对半导体激光器进行稳频

中性原子的超精细能级在磁场中产生塞曼分裂 ,另外 ,左旋和右旋圆偏振光激发下原子的跃迁选择定则不同 ,因此 ,原子在超精细塞曼能级间的吸收谱峰相对无磁场条件下的吸收谱峰有一定的移动。利用这一点 ,验证了一种简单、灵活的方法对半导体激光器进行稳频 ,使激光器的线宽稳到小于 1MHz。通过对实验结果的分析 ,发现由左旋和右旋圆偏振光激发引起的原子吸收谱峰移动之和与饱和吸收峰半高宽相等时 ,稳频效果最好     

磁约束飞秒激光诱导铜等离子体特性研究

建立磁约束飞秒激光诱导铜等离子体辐射光谱采集系统,通过发射光谱法分析磁约束效应对飞秒激光诱导铜等离子体特性的影响.在强度为0.67T的稳磁场约束下,等离子体辐射连续谱和分立谱均有增强,分立谱线增强更显著;铜原子上能级越高,其辐射的原子谱线增强因子越大,具有最高上能级的Cu I 507.6nm增强因子最大,为2.8;等离子体铜原子谱线持续时间明显延长,在等离子体演化初期,谱线增强显著,在较大延时,谱线增强迅速减弱;等离子体电子温度和电子密度均有提高.     

相干布居数拍频信号与基态超精细子能级相干性关系的研究

相干布居数拍频(coherent population beating, CPB)现象, 产生于一个Λ型三能级原子系统中, 当双色相干激光场的频率差和两基态能级频率间隔近失谐的时候, 原子在激发态能级上的布居数会产生一个弛豫振荡, 且振荡频率等于失谐量. 当将此现象运用于原子标准频率的提取时, CPB频标的稳定度与CPB信号的幅度及信噪比直接相关. 本文理论推导了描述CPB 现象的表达式, 数值模拟并实验研究了⁸⁷Rb基态超精细子能级的相干性对CPB信号的影响, 通过控制与基态子能级共振相干激光场的抽运时间来控制能级的相干程度, 观测不同相干程度对CPB信号质量的影响. 研究结果表明CPB信号振荡的幅度与基态子能级相干程度成正比关系. 要改善CPB信号信噪比、提高原子频标稳定度, 建立、提高和保持基态超精细能级的相干性是关键. 本文还讨论了CPB现象用于弱磁场测量及其他方面应用的可行性.     

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Absorption of A Monochromatic Light Controlled by a Radio Frequency Field

Electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption of a monochromatic light controlled by a radio frequency field in the cold multi-Zeeman-sublevel atoms are theoretically investigated. These Zeeman sublevels are coupled by a radio frequency(RF) field. Both electromagnetically induced transparency and electromagnetically induced absorption can be obtained by tuning the frequency of RF field for both the linear polarization and elliptical polarization monochromatic lights. When the transfer of coherence via spontaneous emission from the excited state to the ground state is considered, electromagnetically induced absorption can be changed into electromagnetically induced transparency with the change of intensity of radio field. The transparency windows controlled by the RF field can have potential applications in the magnetic-field measurement and quantum information processing.     

抽运-检测型非线性磁光旋转铷原子磁力仪的研究

报道了一种抽运-检测型的非线性磁光旋转铷原子磁力仪.其原理是线偏振光通过处于外磁场环境中被极化的原子介质后,由于原子对线偏振光中左、右圆偏成分不同的吸收和色散,导致光的偏振方向会产生与磁场相关的转动.分析了该磁力仪的工作原理,并测试了它对不同磁场大小的响应.测试结果表明,磁力仪测量范围为100—100000 nT,极限灵敏度为0.2 p T/Hz~(1/2),磁场分辨率为0.1 p T.进一步研究了不同磁场下原子系综极化态的横向弛豫时间,讨论了原子磁力仪高磁场采样率的获得方法.本文的原子磁力仪在5000—100000 n T的磁场测量范围内磁场采样率可实现1—1000 Hz范围内可调,能够测量低频的微弱交变磁场.本文的研究内容为大磁场测量范围、高灵敏度、高磁场采样率的原子磁力仪研制提供了重要参考.     

Influence of the polarization of radiation on the shape of resonances of coherent population trapping on fine-structure levels

The dependence of the shape of resonances of coherent population trapping (CPT) on magnetic sublevels of thallium atoms, forming a generalized Λ-system with the magnetic sublevels of the fine-structure levels as lower ones, on the polarization of the radiation fields has been numerically studied. The cases of linear, elliptical, and circular polarizations have been considered. The shape and the number of CPT resonances for different polarizations have been compared. It has been concluded that the electromagnetically induced transparency can be changed by changing the polarization properties of the laser radiation. The possibility to decrease the number of observed resonances may be useful in high-resolution spectroscopy.     

Study of EIT resonances in an anti-relaxation coated Rb vapor cell

We study the sign of resonances obtained in electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Resonances of both kinds—bright (corresponding to enhanced absorption) and dark (corresponding to reduced absorption)—are obtained when the frequency of a probe beam is scanned. The experimental results, presented earlier, use magnetic sublevels of a hyperfine transition in the D₁ line of ⁸⁷Rb along with a magnetic field of 27 G. The atoms are contained in a vapor cell at room temperature, and with anti-relaxation coating on the walls. A quantitative theoretical model, which reproduces the experimental results quite well, is presented for the first time. The model solves the density matrix of the sublevels involved, and uses two regions—one with both the light and magnetic field, and the second without light and just a magnetic field. This ability to have both bright and dark resonances promises applications in sub- and super-luminal propagation of light.     

Study of atomic spectral lines in a magnetic field with use of a nanocell with the thickness <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis> = λ

We propose a technique which we call “L = λ Zeeman technique” (LZT) for investigation of the transitions between the Zeeman sublevels of the hfs structure of alkali metal atoms in external magnetic fields. The technique is based on the employment of a nanocell with the thickness of the Rb atom vapor column equal to the wavelength of the laser radiation, 780 nm, resonant with the atomic rubidium D₂ transition. At the laser intensities of about 1 mW/cm² in the transmission spectrum of the nanocell narrow (～ 30 MHz) resonant peaks of reduced absorption appear localized exactly on the atomic transitions. In magnetic fields these peaks are split and their amplitudes and frequency positions depend on the magnetic field strength. The theoretical model well describes the experimental results.     

Motion-induced magnetic resonance of Rb atoms in a periodic magnetostatic field

We demonstrate that transitions between Zeeman-split sublevels of Rb atoms are resonantly induced by the motion of the atoms (velocity: approximately 100 m/s) in a periodic magnetostatic field (period: 1 mm) when the Zeeman splitting corresponds to the frequency of the magnetic field experienced by the moving atoms. A circularly polarized laser beam polarizes Rb atoms with a velocity selected using the Doppler effect and detects their magnetic resonance in a thin cell, to which the periodic field is applied with the arrays of parallel current-carrying wires.     

弱射频场中Rydberg原子的电磁感应透明

在铯原子室温蒸气池中研究了弱射频场中Rydberg原子阶梯型三能级系统的电磁感应透明(EIT)效应.铯原子基态6S_(1/2)、第一激发态6P_(3/2)和Rydberg 48D_(5/2)态形成阶梯型三能级系统,探测光共振作用于6S_(1/2)(F=4)→6P_(3/2)(F′=5)的跃迁,耦合光在Rydberg跃迁线6P_(3/2)(F′=5)→48D_(5/2)附近扫描,形成Rydberg原子EIT.当对铯原子施加一个80 MHz的弱射频电场时,48D_(5/2)Rydberg原子的EIT光谱发生Stark频移和分裂,同时产生由射频场调制Rydberg能级的偶数级边带,测量结果与Floquet理论模拟的结果相符合.同时,改变弱射频电场的频率研究了铯Rydberg能级的自电离效应对Rydberg原子Stark谱的影响,据此,我们提出将电极板置于铯原子蒸气池内的方案以减少自电离效应的影响.在弱射频Stark谱中,mj=5/2的Stark谱与mj=1/2,3/2的二级边带形成多个能级交叉,这些能级交叉点提供了一种基于原子的精确校准射频电场的新方法.