Efficient laser operation of Yb:Lu3Ga5O12 garnet crystal

Efficient laser operation is demonstrated at room temperature with a new Yb:Lu3Ga5O12 garnet crystal. A continuous-wave output power of 5.36 W is generated at a center oscillation wavelength of 1041 nm, with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 51% and the slope efficiency of 63%. In passively Q-switched operation, the maximum average output power reaches 4.0 W (center wavelength of 1034 nm) at a repetition rate of 71 kHz, with optical-to-optical and slope efficiencies measured to be 40% and 50%, respectively. Laser pulses of 26 ns duration are generated with a pulse energy of 91 μJ and peak power of 3.5 kW.     

高频原子波导中冷原子的磁导引

建立了高频原子波导模型,分析了铷冷原子在该波导内与磁场的相互作用势。高频波导线圈输入电流,在线圈中心轴线区域的势阱深度为mK量级,在线圈的径向能对温度为100 K左右的冷原子实现囚禁。通过分析可知改变输入波导线圈的输入电流大小,可改变势场的大小。计算了进入高频原子波导的冷原子和波导磁场产生相互作用束缚力的大小。在波导轴线中心区域,原子受到的束缚力较大,最大为1.710－23 N,为原子所受重力的10倍。     

Diode-pumped Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:Gd0.3Lu0.33Y0.37VO4 laser with EO modulator and single-walled carbon nanotube

By using both the single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA) and the electro-optic (EO) modulator, the stably doubly Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) operation of Nd:Gd_0.3Lu_0.33Y_0.37VO₄ laser has been demonstrated. The QML laser characteristics such as the pulse width, single-pulse energy, etc., have been measured for different modulation frequencies of the EO modulator (f_e) and reflectivity (R) of output coupler. In comparison with the solely passively QML laser with SWCNT-SA, the experimental results show that the doubly QML laser can generate more stable and shorter pulses with higher pulse energy. At 9.24 W pump power, f_e=1 kHz and R=93.5%, the doubly QML laser has compressed the Q-switched envelope pulse width 88% and improved the mode-locked pulsed energy 55 times.     

Photonic band gaps in two-dimensional photonic crystals of core-shell-type dielectric nanorod heterostructures

A new type of two-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) called core-shell-type PC composed of a nanorod heterostructure array in a square or triangular lattice such that a dielectric nanorod is covered by a thin interfacial layer is studied. Using the plane-wave numerical expansion method, we study the modification of the band gap spectrum when the nanorods are covered by other material, and reveal that the photonic band gap is considerably enhanced in size for both square and triangular lattice. The effects of structural parameters on the band gaps are also studied. The results show that there exist optimal parameters to open large gaps, and TE (Transverse-electric) band gaps are favored in a triangular lattice.     

Exchange coupling and helical spin order in the triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuCrO₂ using first principles

The magnetic and electronic properties of the geometrically frustrated triangular antiferromagnet CuCrO2 are investigated by first principles through density functional theory calculations within the generalized gradient approximations (GGA)+U scheme. The spin exchange interactions up to the third nearest neighbours in the ab plane as well as the coupling between adjacent layers are calculated to examine the magnetism and spin frustration. It is found that CuCrO2 has a natural two-dimensional characteristic of the magnetic interaction. Using Monte-Carlo simulation, we obtain the Neel temperature to be 29.9 K, which accords well with the experimental value of 24 K. Based on non-collinear magnetic structure calculations, we verify that the incommensurate spiral-spin structure with (110) spiral plane is believable for the magnetic ground state, which is consistent with the experimental observations. Due to intra-layer geometric spin frustration, parallel helical-spin chains arise along the a, b, or a + b directions, each with a screw-rotation angle of about 120°. Our calculations of the density of states show that the spin frustration plays an important role in the change of d-p hybridization, while the spin-orbit coupling has a very limited influence on the electronic structure.     

基于多种群混沌遗传神经网络的模拟电路故障诊断

针对标准遗传算法优化BP神经网络收敛慢,易陷入局部最优的问题,提出了改进的多种群协同进化遗传算法,该算法改变了以往的随机初始化方法,采用了附加混沌扰动的tent映射初始化均匀分布的种群,提高了初始解的质量;每个种群采用自适应交叉率和变异率,引入移民算子实现种群间的横向联系;算法通过多种群的协同进化和种群间的个体移植提高了算法的搜索均匀性和效率;仿真实验表明该算法误差小,收敛速度快,诊断正确率高,较好地解决了模拟电路的软故障诊断问题。     

Investigation of Brillouin effects in small-core holey optical fiber: lasing and scattering

We demonstrate for what is believed to be the first time a Brillouin laser based on a holey fiber (HF). Using a simple Fabry-Perot resonator scheme containing a 73.5-m-long highly nonlinear HF with an effective area of 2.85 microm(2) , we obtain a threshold of 125 mW and a slope efficiency of ~70% . Stimulated and spontaneous Brillouin scattering effects are investigated in the HF, and we show that the high lasing threshold is due mainly to reduction of the effective gain coefficient caused by structural nonuniformity along the fiber length.     

A scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscope for room temperature samples

We have constructed a scanning low-T_c superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope, in which the SQUID is mounted on the lower end of a copper rod and cooled to liquid helium temperature. There is a 65μm thick sapphire window under the SQUID. The sample at room temperature underneath the window can be scanned to produce magnetic images. The microscope has a spatial resolution of 100－150μm and a magnetic field sensitivity of 3－60pT/$\sqrt{Hz}$ in a magnetically unshielded environment. We have used this scanning SQUID microscope to measure various room temperature samples.     

On creation of Hopf bifurcations in discrete-time nonlinear systems

Bifurcation characteristics of a nonlinear system can be manipulated by small controls. In this paper, we present a control method to create Hopf bifurcations in discrete-time nonlinear systems. The critical conditions for the Hopf bifurcations are discussed. The center manifold method, normal form technique and the Iooss's Hopf bifurcation theory are employed in the derivation of the control gain. Numerical demonstration is provided. (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.