Transparency and Strong Gain Without Population Inversion in Photonic Bandgap Crystals

Without using the weak-field approximation,we investigate the transient properties of a Λ-type atom with one transition near resonant with a photonic bandgap edge.Whatever the initial state of the atom is,the atom can become transparent to a probe field,and strong gain without population inversion is also possible if the atom has been pre-excited.The defect mode formed by atomic doping can have a strong effect on the absorption properties of the atom.     

Saturation of biphoton generation near atomic resonance

We have numerically investigated the biphoton generation rate as a function of several parameters in the spontaneous four-wave mixing in cold atoms.It has been found that the biphoton generation rate can easily reach saturation with the intensity of the coupling laser increasing.The saturation intensity is mainly dependent on the dephasing rate of the ground states,unrelated to the pumping laser.It implies that though the biphoton waveform can be manipulated by the coupling laser,the generation rate of the biphoton cannot increase markedly after the saturation.The saturation effect also suggests that there is an optimal coupling laser for obtaining the largest biphoton generation rate with a sufficiently long coherence time.     

Temperature Dependence of Dark Lines in Coherent Population Trapping

We measure the signal amplitude and linewidth of a dark line in coherent population trapping in the Rb vapour cell filled with mixed buffer gas N2 and Ar as a function of cell temperature. We find that the dark line signal amplitude increases with temperature up to a maximum at 49℃ and then drops at higher temperatures due to quenching effects of N2. The linewidth of the dark line remains basically constant, at 1080 Hz. We also measure the linewidth of the dark line as a function of laser intensity. The linewidth increases linearly with laser intensity. An intrinsic linewidth （FWHM=896 Hz at 3.4 GHz） of the Rb cell is obtained.     

超冷玻色气体中电磁感应透明和慢光现象中的原子相互作用效应

我们研究了原子之间的相互作用对超冷玻色原子气体中电磁感应透明性质和光的群速的影响.我们考虑Λ型的原子结构.最初原子凝聚在其中的一个基态上,凝聚体原子用平均场理论来描述,原子之间的相互作用近似为两体的s-波散射长度,原子之间的碰撞不引起原子的电子跃迁.     

Bichromatic Coherent Population Trapping Under Hanle Configuration

We report the observation of bichromatic coherent population trapping under the transition ^87 RbFg = 1 → Fc = 0 with two linearly polarized laser beams by means of a Hanle effect configuration. The mechanism behind this effect is identified, and numerical solutions for the pump rates equations are presented.     

Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Population Transfer of Two Bose—Einstein Condensates

Considering all the ground-state atom interactions,we investigate the population transfer of two Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) states,which are trapped in diffecent potential wells,or two ground states of the BEC in the same trap using the stimulated Raman adiabatic process.With a proper choice of pulsed geometric parameters,the dark state exists.By simply choosing ground-state detunings,the effects of the interatomic interaction can be suppressed and a high population transfer rate can be obtained.     

Measuring Transmittance in Rubidium Vapour Cells Using an Extremely Weak Coherent Field of Light

The absorptive properties of the atomic transition in the Rb^85 D2 (A) line (5S1/2-5P3/2) at 780.Onm are measured by using a continuous tunable diode laser and a CCD detector in Rb vapour cell under the condition of extremely weak incident intensity. When the intensity of incident light decreases from 420pW/cm^2 to 0.03pW/cm^2, the transmittance is found to be independent of the incident intensity within our experimental accuracy.     

The periodic magnetic cylinder tube for atom guidance： transport efficiency analysis

We have proposed a model of periodic axial magnetized hollow tube for atom guidance (1999 Opt. Commun. 160 72－4). In the present paper, an analytic solution of the magnetic field inside the tube is obtained and the transport efficiency of the cold atoms in the magnetic tube at different tube intensities of magnetization is discussed. The effect of the curvature of magnetic tube on the atom transport efficiency is also considered. We have found that the tube has a cooling effect on the transverse temperature of the transported atoms.     

光子晶体中非奇异态密度下原子的量子相干效应

光子晶体是一种介电性质具有一定空间周期性或有序性的新型光学微结构材料.光子带隙的存在使得光子晶体中的微观物理过程变得异常而有趣,例如出现光局域化与原子自发辐射的抑制、光子-原子束缚态、二能级原子布居数囚禁等现象.最近的研究还表明[1,2],在带隙边缘有奇异性的态密度分布会导致感应透明现象,这与通常的电磁感应透明(EIT)机制类似,但不需要外加驱动场来诱导.