Josephson Effect of Dilute Bose-Einstein Condensates in Laser-Modulated Double Wells

The Josephson effect of Bose condensates with a weak link created by superposing a far-off-resonant red-detuned laser beam on a double-well potential is theoretically considered. The numerical simulations show that there would be c/ear Josephson effect for this sort of three-well system. The present work gives a feasible scheme to study a new type of weak link which is crucial to investigate experimentally the Josephson effect.     

Strengthened Hyper-Raman Lines with the Coherent Superposition State

High-order harmonic generations from a one-dimensional Coulomb potential atom are calculated with the initial state prepared as a coherent superposition between its ground and first excited states. When the energy difference of the two states is small, we can choose proper laser pulse such that the first excited state can be excited only to other bound states instead of being ionized. We show that only the hyper-Raman lines are observable instead of the harmonics. The energy difference of the ground and the first excited state can be deduced from the highest peak of the hyper-Raman lines. We further show that the similar results can be obtained by using a combination of two laser pulses with different frequencies interacting with the atom initially at the ground state.     

A Bidirectional, Diode-Pumped, Passively Mode-Locked Nd：YVO4 Ring Laser with a Low-Temperature-Grown Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror

We report the operation of a bidirectional picosecond pulsed ring Nd：YVO4 laser based on a low-temperaturegrown semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Except for the laser crystal, the six-mirror ring laser cavity has no intra-cavity elements such as focusing lens or mirror. The bidirectional mode locked pluses are obtained at the repetition rate of 117.5 MHz, pulse duration of 81 ps, power of 2 × 200 mW.     

Structural Change in Au^3＋-Doped BK7 Glass Irradiated by Femtosecond Laser

We report on structural change in an Au^3＋-doped BK7 glass irradiated by an infrared femtosecond laser at 800 nm. A grating structure is inscribed in the glass sample. The glass sample is then annealed at various temperatures. Structural change of the grating is observed by an optical microscope. Absorption spectra indicate that colour centres are induced after the laser irradiation, and they decrease with increasing annealing temperature. Au nanoparticles are precipitated at high temperatures （≥ 600℃）. The mechanisms of the phenomena are discussed.     

Microlaser with Ramsey Separated Fields Cavity

In a novel microlaser configuration with Ramsey separated-field cavity, we investigate a two-level atomic beam interacting with a single-mode high-Q Ramsey cavity, which is composed by two separated resonators. By using the well-known Ramsey cavity, one can recover the characters of microlaser even with a high flux atomic beam.     

Low Timing Jitter and Tunable Dual-Wavelength Picosecond Pulse Generation from a Fabry--Pérot Laser Diode with External Injection

A novel scheme to generate tunable dual-wavelength optical pulses with low timing jitter at arbitrary repetition rates is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The pulses are generated from a gain-switched Fabry-Pérot laser diode with two external cw beams for injection seeding simultaneously. The cw light is generated by two independent distributed feedback laser diodes, and their wavelengths can be tuned independently by two temperature controllers. The dual-wavelength pulses with the pulse width of 57 ps, the timing jitter of 340 fs, are obtained. The sidemode-suppression ratio of the output pulses is better than 23dB over a 10-nm wavelength tuning range.     

Chemical Oxidation of La2CuO4 Epitaxial Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Chemical oxidation is used to induce superconductivity in La2CuO4 expitaxial thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition technique. Details about the influence of oxidation time on structural, surface morphology, Raman spectra, and electrical properties have been investigated. The results convince that successful uptake of oxygen occurs in the oxidized films, and the content of the inserted oxygen increases with increasing oxidation interval. The possible mechanism for the excess oxygen insertion into the film is also discussed.     

Evaluation of Optical Properties of Self-Frequency-Doubling Crystal Yb：GdYAl3（BO3）4 for Laser Applications

Yb：GdYAl3 （B03）4 （Yb：GdYAB） is investigated as a new laser crystal for potential applications in self-frequency doubling. The emission and absorption properties of Yb：GdYAB crystal are studied, and the emission decay times of the upper laser level are measured. The emission cross sections are evaluated using the absorption cross section and principle of reciprocity. The other laser performance parameters, such as the minimum inversion fraction βmin, pump saturation intensity Isat and minimum pump intensity 1rain, are also calculated. The results are discussed in the framework of requirements for an effective diode-pumped Yb^3＋ laser system. Yb：GdYAB is expected to exhibit the most useful laser properties and to be superior to Yb：YAB crystal that has been excellent self-frequency-doubling crystal at present in many key spectroscopic parameter values.     

Orthogonally Linearly Polarized Dual Frequency Nd：YAG Lasers with Tunable Frequency Difference and Its Application in Precision Angle Measurement

The orthogonally linearly polarized dual frequency Nd： YA G lasers with two quarter wave plates in laser resonator are proposed. The intra-cavity variable birefringence, which is caused by relative rotation of these two wave plates in laser inner cavity, results in the frequency difference of the dual frequency laser also changeable. The theory model based on the Jones matrix is presented, as well as experimental results. The potential application of this phenomenon in precision roll-angle measurement is also discussed.     

国际第一台超高能量分辨率真空紫外激光角分辨光电子能谱仪研制成功

在中科院综合计划局大型仪器研制项目《真空紫外激光角分辨光电子能谱仪的研制》资助下，中科院物理研究所周兴江研究组、理化技术研究所陈创天院士研究组和物理研究所许祖彦院士研究组合作，成功研制了国际首台超高能量分辨率真空紫外激光角分辨光电子能谱仪。2006年12月28日，该成果通过了中国科学院主持的鉴定。出席鉴定会的有国家科技部、中国科学院基础局、中国科学院综合计划局和物理研究所等单位的领导。由龚昌德院士担任组长的鉴定专家委员会对该国际首创的高尖端科学仪器给予了高度评价。