Entropy squeezing of the field interacting with a nearly degenerate V-type three-level atom

The position- and momentum-entopic squeezing properties of the optical field in the system of a nearly degenerate three-level atom interacting with a single-mode field are investigated. Calculation results indicate that when the field is initially in the vacuum state, it may lead to squeezing of the position entropy or the momentum entropy of the field if the atom is prepared properly. The effects of initial atomic state and the splitting of the excited levels of the atom on field entropies are discussed in this case. When the initial field is in a coherent state, we find that position-entropy squeezing of the field is present even if the atom is prepared in the ground state. By comparing the variance squeezing and entropy squeezing of the field we confirm that entropy is more sensitive than variance in measuring quantum fluctuations.     

Compact surface plasmon amplifier in nonlinear hybrid waveguide

Surface plasmon polariton(SPP), a sub-wavelength surface wave promising for photonic integration, always suffers from the large metallic loss that seriously restricts its practical application. Here, we propose a compact SPP amplifier based on a nonlinear hybrid waveguide(a combination of silver, LiNbO_3, and SiO_2), where a couple of Bragg gratings are introduced in the waveguide to construct a cavity. This special waveguide is demonstrated to support a highly localized SPP-like hybrid mode and a low loss waveguide-like hybrid mode. To provide a large nonlinear gain, a pumping wave input from the LiNbO_3 waveguide is designed to resonate inside the cavity and satisfy the cavity phase matching to fulfill the optical parametric amplification(OPA) of the SPP signal. Proper periods of gratings and the cavity length are chosen to satisfy the impedance matching condition to ensure the high input efficiency of the pump wave from the outside into the cavity. In theoretical calculations, this device demonstrates a high performance in a very compact scheme(~3.32 μm) and a much lower pumping power for OPA compared with single-pass pumping. To obtain a comprehensive insight into this cavity OPA, the influences of the pumping power, cavity length, and the initial phase are discussed in detail.     

基于光学超晶格和全固态激光技术的准白光激光器

激光显示作为新一代的显示技术,有着传统显示方式无法比拟的优势,而红绿蓝三基色/准白光激光器则是激光显示技术的基础.三基色激光町以通过多种技术获得,通过非线性频率转换技术获得三基色激光是其中的一种.基于准位相匹配技术的光学超晶格作为非线性晶体通过微结构的设计能同时完成多个光参量过程.把光学超晶格多波长频率转换功能和全固态激光技术结合在一起,可以实现红绿蓝三色激光的同时输出.在此基础上,通过控制三色光的功率比例还可以获得白光的视觉效果,可称为准白色激光.本文介绍了我们在这一方面的初步工作,并对这一领域的发展作了一些展望.     

光子芯片中类比引力的研究

探索和理解引力场弯曲时空的本质一直是人类孜孜不倦追求的目标。尤其最近天文学上两大事件:激光干涉引力波天文台探测到引力波信号以及事件视界望远镜拍到黑洞的影子,进一步激发人类对古老而神秘引力的兴趣。尽管人类在探测引力现象的天文实验技术上取得了巨大的进步,但是对于有些引力现象的研究仍然面临着挑战,特别是与引力有关的量子效应。另一方面,类比引力系统为人类研究引力效应提供了一个新的实验平台,它可以在实验室环境下研究目前天文观测仍面临挑战的引力现象,例如黑洞附近引力场的量子效应。文章将介绍以光子芯片作为一种类比引力的实验体系而实现的引力场弯曲时空的模拟与研究。     

准相位匹配非线性切连科夫倍频与和频效应

研究了两维光学超晶格光波导中的准相位匹配切连科夫(Cerenkov)倍频与和频效应,利用光学超晶格的不同倒格矢实现了多组准相位匹配切连科夫倍频与和频的同时输出,从理论和实验两个方面探讨了光学微结构材料中非线性切连科夫辐射产生的机制、效应和可能的应用.