Quantum Memory with Natural Inhomogeneous Broadening in an Optical Cavity

We propose an efficient quantum memory scheme with natural inhomogeneous broadening in an asymmetric optical cavity. The scheme uses the strong rephasing pulses like traditional photon echo techniques rather than spectral holeburning, which enables us to have the potential implementation in a much broader range of material systems. In the condition of impedance matching to an optical cavity, we find that the input light pulse can be completely absorbed by an atomic ensemble. We also show that the quantum memory efficiency can be equal to unity even for a small optical depth of the atomic system.     

Assessment of dynamic closure for premixed combustion large eddy simulation

Turbulent piloted Bunsen flames of stoichiometric methane–air mixtures are computed using the large eddy simulation (LES) paradigm involving an algebraic closure for the filtered reaction rate. This closure involves the filtered scalar dissipation rate of a reaction progress variable. The model for this dissipation rate involves a parameter β_c representing the flame front curvature effects induced by turbulence, chemical reactions, molecular dissipation, and their interactions at the sub-grid level, suggesting that this parameter may vary with filter width or be a scale-dependent. Thus, it would be ideal to evaluate this parameter dynamically by LES. A procedure for this evaluation is discussed and assessed using direct numerical simulation (DNS) data and LES calculations. The probability density functions of β_c obtained from the DNS and LES calculations are very similar when the turbulent Reynolds number is sufficiently large and when the filter width normalised by the laminar flame thermal thickness is larger than unity. Results obtained using a constant (static) value for this parameter are also used for comparative evaluation. Detailed discussion presented in this paper suggests that the dynamic procedure works well and physical insights and reasonings are provided to explain the observed behaviour.     

Dynamical study on the stimulated processes of an exciton and a biexciton in a polymer

By applying a femtosecond stimulating pulse, we theoretically study the stimulated processes of an exciton and a biexciton in a polymer within the framework of an extended Su–Schrieffer–Heeger tight-binding model. For an exciton, it is obtained that the stimulated emission and absorption between the intragap levels take place with the same probability, by which we will not get the light amplification. However, the light amplification can be realized by the stimulated emission between the intragap levels in a biexciton, which is found to have two different modes. Finally, effect of the stimulating energy and intensity on the stimulated processes is separately analyzed. These results might be of great importance for further improving the optical applications of polymers, especially for optimizing the polymer laser properties.     

A Quantum Watermark Protocol

Quantum watermarking is the technique which embeds the invisible quantum signal such as the owner’s identification into quantum multimedia data (such as audio, video and image) for copyright protection. In this paper, a watermark strategy for quantum images is proposed based on flexible representation for quantum images (FRQI). Compared with the former strategy, which can only be used to verify the identity of the true owner of a carrier image, the proposed method can be used to find out who is the real owner, and our strategy’s capacity reaches the largest. It is impossible for anyone except the copyrighter to clear off or extract the watermark images.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of LiMnO2 microcubes for lithium ion battery application

Two kinds of LiMnO₂ microcubes were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method using solid or hollow Mn₂O₃ microcubes as precursors. One was made up of nanoparticles varying in size and the other was made up of interlaced polygonal nanoplates with the thickness of 70 nm. Both kinds of LiMnO₂ microcubes were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Charge–discharge curves were carried out to investigate their electrochemical properties. LiMnO₂ microcubes with interlaced nanoplates showed much better capacities than the ones with nanoparticles indicating it is more suitable for application in the lithium ion batteries. The former material could deliver the capacities of 197 and 134 mAh/g at 0.1 and 1 C, respectively. And its capacity fading after 50 cycles did not exceed 7 %. The excellent electrochemical performance of the former material could be ascribed to the smaller size which could shorten the path length for lithium ion transport and increase the electrode and electrolyte contact.     

Measurements of the cross section for e(+)e(-) --> hadrons at center-of-mass energies from 2 to 5 GeV

We report values of R = sigma(e(+)e(-)-->hadrons)/sigma(e(+)e(-)-->mu(+)mu(-)) for 85 center-of-mass energies between 2 and 5 GeV measured with the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider.     

1,2,4,6—四苯基—2—羟基—8—氮杂双环[3、2、1]辛烷的核磁共振研究

用多种核磁共振实验方法并结合其它结构信息,确定1,2,4,6-四苯基-2-羟基8-氮杂双环[3、2、1]辛烷的化学结构,并指定该化合物的核磁共振归属。     

Design and fabrication of computer-generated holograms for testing optical freeform surfaces

Freeform optical surfaces (FOSs) will be the best elements in the design of compact optical systems in the future. However, it is extremely difficult to measure freeform surface with sufficient accuracy, which impedes the development of the freeform surface. The design and fabrication of computer-generated hologram (CGH) , which has been successfully applied to the tests for aspheric surfaces, cannot be directly adopted to test FOSs due to their non-rotational asymmetry. A novel ray tracing planning method combined with successively optimizing even and odd power coefficients of phase polynomials in turn is proposed, which can successfully design a non-rotational asymmetry CGH for the tests of FOSs with an F-θ lens. A new eight-step fabrication process is also presented aiming to solve the problem that the linewidth on the same circle of the CGH for testing freeform surface is not uniform. This problem cannot be solved in the original procedure of CGH fabrication. The test results of the step profiler show that the CGH fabricated in the new procedure meets the requirements.     

Fabrication of two-dimensional elliptic photonic lattices in photorefractive crystal by optical induction method

We fabricate two-dimensional elliptic photonic lattices in iron-doped lithium niobate photorefractive crystal for the first time with optical induction method. The experimental setup of our method is very simple and flexible without complicated optical adjustment system. We analyze and verify the two-dimensional elliptic photonic lattices by plane wave guiding, far field diffraction pattern imaging, and Brillouin-zone spectroscopy. Induced elliptic photonic lattices can stably exist for a long time in the iron-doped lithium niobate crystal. The induced two-dimensional elliptic photonic lattices might offer an easy method to study generic band gap phenomena in anisotropic periodic structures.