Elastic light scattering by the atoms of a Bose gas confined in a parabolic trap

It is shown that the emergence of a condensate fraction in a gas confined in a trap leads to a sharp increase in the intensity of elastic scattering (scattering not accompanied by a change in the quantum numbers describing the motion of gas atoms in the trap) of light. Under typical experimental conditions, this intensity may be thousands of times greater than the intensity of inelastic scattering, which is hardly affected by the condensate. The angular distribution of elastic scattering of light allows one to determine the size of the condensate, and its intensity makes it possible to determine the number of particles trapped in the condensate.     

Double-distance propagation of Gaussian beams passing through a tilted cat-eye optical lens in a turbulent atmosphere

By using the extended Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral and the method of expanding the aperture function into a finite sum of complex Gaussian functions, an approximate analytical formula of the double-distance propagation for Gaussian beam passing through a tilted cat-eye optical lens and going back along the entrance way in a turbulent atmosphere has been derived. Through numerical calculation, the effects of incidence angle, propagation distance, and structure constant on the propagation properties of a Gaussian beam in a turbulent atmosphere are studied. It is found that the incidence angle creates an unsymmetrical average intensity distribution pattern, while the propagation distance and the structure constant can each create a smooth and symmetrical average intensity distribution pattern. The average intensity peak gradually deviates from the centre, and the central average intensity value decreases quickly with the increase in incidence angle, while a larger structure constant can bring the average intensity peak back to the centre.     

Propagation of a phase-locked circular dark hollow beams array in a turbulent atmosphere

The propagation of phase-locked circular dark hollow beams array in a turbulent atmosphere is studied. An analytical expression for the average intensity distribution at the receiving plane is obtained based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle. The effects of turbulence, dark parameter and beam order of the beams array on the intensity pattern are studied and analyzed. It is found that the intensity pattern of the phase-locked circular dark hollow beams array will evolve from a multiple-spot-pattern into a Gaussian beam spot under the isotropic influence of the turbulence. The intensity pattern of beam array with a larger dark parameter and beam order evolves into the Gaussian-shape faster with increasing propagation distance.     

Bending wave intensity in a thick beam

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The measurement of bending wave intensity in a two-dimensional structure

I.IntroductionOfallstructuralwaves,bendingwaveismostimportant.Itiseasilyexcitedandresultsinairbornenoiseradiation'Inpractice,itisnecessarytodeterminetheenergydistributionandpowertransmissionincoupledstructl1res.Bendingwaveenergycanbecalculatedfrombendingwaveaccelerationwhilebendingwavepowertransmissionischaracterizedbybendingwaveintensitywhichisavectorgivillgthemagnitudeanddirection.TheengineeringaPplicationofthevectorpropertyofbendingwaveilltensityisnumerous[1~3]buttheinvestigationinitispre…     

Transmitted characteristics for a Gaussian beam passing through a misaligned Fabry-Perot interferometer

After deriving the expression of the intensity of the transmitted beam for a Gaussian beam passing through a misaligned FPI, the influence of the nonparallelism in FPI mirrors alignment on the transmission of a Gaussian beam has been investigated numerically. The results show that the energy profile of the total transmitted beam appears multiple sub-peaks structure; with the increase of the nonparallelism in FPI mirrors alignment, the number of the sub-peaks raises, the peak intensity of the transmitted beam has a declining tendency, and the peak intensity position of the total transmitted beam is shifted.     

Simulation of light scattering by a particle on a film-coated substrate using coupled-dipole method

The intensity of light scattered by a submicron particle on a film-coated semiconductor substrate is calculated as a function of the thickness of the film using the coupled-dipole method. The result of calculation reproduces the experimentally observed features, i.e., the oscillatory dependence of the scattering intensity on the thickness and the enhancement of the scattering intensity for very thin films. The enhancement is reproduced only when the dipole-dipole interaction between the particle and the substrate is included in the calculation. Using the method we propose, the scattering intensity can be calculated for an arbitrary size and shape of particle on an arbitrary thickness of film.     

Properties of the acoustic intensity vector field in a shallow water waveguide

Acoustic intensity is a vector quantity described by collocated measurements of acoustic pressure and particle velocity. In an ocean waveguide, the interaction among multipath arrivals of propagating wavefronts manifests unique behavior in the acoustic intensity. The instantaneous intensity, or energy flux, contains two components: a propagating and non-propagating energy flux. The instantaneous intensity is described by the time-dependent complex intensity, where the propagating and non-propagating energy fluxes are modulated by the active and reactive intensity envelopes, respectively. Properties of complex intensity are observed in data collected on a vertical line array during the transverse acoustic variability experiment (TAVEX) that took place in August of 2008, 17 km northeast of the Ieodo ocean research station in the East China Sea, 63 m depth. Parabolic equation (PE) simulations of the TAVEX waveguide supplement the experimental data set and provide a detailed analysis of the spatial structure of the complex intensity. A normalized intensity quantity, the pressure-intensity index, is used to describe features of the complex intensity which have a functional relationship between range and frequency, related to the waveguide invariant. The waveguide invariant is used to describe the spatial structure of intensity in the TAVEX waveguide using data taken at discrete ranges.     

微波射频场调制下Λ型三能级原子系统的电磁感应光栅

研究了在微波射频场调制下的Λ 型三能级原子系统的电磁感应光栅现象. 结果表明: 微波场可以增强对探测场的相位调制和增益作用, 使得衍射强度、尤其是一阶衍射强度明显提高; 当系统参数取值适当时, 一阶衍射强度随微波场强度呈指数增长的趋势. 关键词： 电磁感应光栅 电磁感应透明 微波射频场     

Scattering of a general partially coherent beam from a diffuse target in atmospheric turbulence

The second-order and fourth-order statistical moments of the speckle field from a diffuse target in atmospheric turbulence are studied which have great influence on the performance of lidar systems. By expanding a general rotationally symmetric beam as a sum of Gaussian–Schell model(GSM) beams, the mean intensity of the general beam propagating over a distance in an atmospheric turbulence is formulated. Expressions for the degree of coherence(DOC) and the normalized intensity variance of the scattered field of a general beam from a rough surface in turbulence are derived based on the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle. The general expressions reduce to the well-known forms for a GSM beam. Another example for the general beam used in this paper is the collimated flat-topped beam. The results of both kinds of beams show that the intensity profile on the target plane is a key factor affecting the statistical characteristics of the speckle field.A larger beam spot on the target plane induces a smaller coherence length and a smaller normalized intensity variance of the received field. As turbulence gets stronger, the coherence length becomes smaller, and the normalized intensity variance firstly increases and declines to unity finally.     

Specific features of depolarized and polarized light scattering in a solution with a layering isolated region

Intensities of depolarized and polarized light scattering in guaiacol-glycerin solutions with layering isolated regions are measured. It is shown that (a) the depolarized scattering intensity is the same above the higher critical point (HCP) and below the lower critical point (LCP), and (b) the polarized scattering intensity below LCP is higher, the higher the HCP. An empirical formula is offered to describe the polarized scattered light intensity. No increase in the single depolarized scattering intensity is found approaching LCP and HCP.     

Transmitting intensity distribution after a Gaussian beam incidenting nonnormally on a wedged Fabry-Perot cavity

After deriving the expression of the intensity of the transmitted beam for a Gaussian beam nonnormally passing through a wedged Fabry-Perot cavity, the influence of the wedged angle in Fabry-Perot cavity mirrors alignment at a different tilted angle on the transmission of a Gaussian beam has been investigated theoretically. Numerical simulations show that the incidental angle and the wedged angle in Fabry-Perot cavity mirrors alignment have an important effect on the intensity distribution, the peak intensity, and the position of the peak intensity of the transmitted beam.     

Wind velocity profile reconstruction from intensity fluctuations of a plane wave propagating in a turbulent atmosphere

Reconstruction of a wind profile based on the statistics of plane-wave intensity fluctuations in a turbulent atmosphere is considered. The algorithm for wind profile retrieval from the spatiotemporal spectrum of plane-wave weak intensity fluctuations is described, and the results of end-to-end computer experiments on wind profiling based on the developed algorithm are presented. It is shown that the reconstructing algorithm allows retrieval of a wind profile from turbulent plane-wave intensity fluctuations with acceptable accuracy.     

Generation of second-harmonic radiations of a self-focusing laser from a plasma with density-transition

A Gaussian laser-beam resonantly generates a second-harmonic wave in a plasma in the presence of a wiggler magnetic-field of suitable period. The self-focusing of the fundamental pulse enhances the intensity of the second-harmonic pulse. An introduction of an upward plasma-density ramp strongly enhances the self-focusing of the fundamental laser pulse. The laser pulse attains a minimum spot size and propagates up to several Rayleigh lengths without divergence. Due to the strong self-focusing of the fundamental laser pulse, the second-harmonic intensity enhances significantly. A considerable enhancement of the intensity of the second-harmonic is observed from the proposed mechanism.     

Luminescence intensity of vortex cavitation in a Venturi tube changing with cavitation number

Hydrodynamic cavitation in a Venturi tube produces luminescence, and the luminescence intensity reaches a maximum at a certain cavitation number, which is defined by upstream pressure, downstream pressure, and vapor pressure. The luminescence intensity of hydrodynamic cavitation can be enhanced by optimizing the downstream pressure at a constant upstream pressure condition. However, the reason why the luminescence intensity increases and then decreases with an increase in the downstream pressure remains unclear. In the present study, to clarify the mechanism of the change in the luminescence intensity with cavitation number, the luminescence produced by the hydrodynamic cavitation in a Venturi tube was measured, and the hydrodynamic cavitation was precisely observed using high-speed photography. The sound velocity in the cavitating flow field, which affects the aggressive intensity of the cavitation, was evaluated. The collapse of vortex cavitation was found to be closely related to the luminescence intensity of the hydrodynamic cavitation. A method to estimate the luminescence intensity of the hydrodynamic cavitation considering the sound velocity was developed, and it was demonstrated that the estimated luminescence intensity agrees well with the measured luminescence intensity.     

Wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of a Gaussian beam scattered by a spherical particle

The wavelength-dependent intensity of a light beam scattered by an isotropic homogeneous particle illuminated with an on-axis monochromatic polarized Gaussian beam is calculated in this paper. The vector spherical harmonics expansion and T transformation matrix are used to form the theoretical basis. Numerical results show that the angular intensity distribution is symmetric for an on-axis polarized Gaussian beam illumination upon an aqueous spherical particle at 473, 532 and 660 nm. For the specified aqueous spherical particle, the scattered intensity distribution decreases with increase in wavelengths.     

Conditional preparation of a quantum state in the continuous variable regime: generation of a sub-Poissonian state from twin beams

We report the first experimental demonstration of conditional preparation of a nonclassical state of light in the continuous variable regime. Starting from a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator which generates above threshold quantum intensity correlated signal and idler "twin beams," we keep the recorded values of the signal intensity only when the idler intensity falls inside a band narrower than its standard deviation. By this very simple technique, we generate a sub-Poissonian state 4.4 dB (64%) below shot noise from twin beams exhibiting 7.5 dB (82%) of noise reduction in the intensity difference.     

Direct imaging of multimode interference in a channel waveguide

By use of a near-field scanning optical microscope in collection mode, multimode interference was directly measured in an annealed proton-exchanged LiNbO3 waveguide. Periodic transitions from a single-peaked Gaussianlike intensity distribution to a double-peaked intensity distribution were observed. The intensity distribution along the waveguide was calculated, and the results agree well with the experimental observation.     

Transformation of a hollow Gaussian beam into a ring-shaped beam using a phase aperture

Propagation of a hollow Gaussian beam diffracted by a circular phase aperture is studied without making the paraxial approximation. The analytical expression of the intensity of the apertured hollow Gaussian beam is presented in the far field. The influences of the truncation parameter and the order of hollow Gaussian beam on the intensity distributions are discussed. It is shown that a circular ?-phase aperture can be used to transform a hollow Gaussian beam into a ring-shaped beam in the far field with the appropriate parameters.     

Radiation from a charged current-carrying filament in a transparent uniaxial crystal

The problem of Vavilov-Serenkov (Cherenkov) and synchrotron radiation from a charged current-carrying filament in a transparent uniaxial crystal is considered. Formulas are obtained for the spectral distribution of the radiated intensity. The limiting transition of the equations for the spectral intensity distribution of synchrotron radiation into the corresponding formulas for Vavilov-Serenkov radiation is considered.