用光束脉冲矩阵研究多色光学谐振腔

用光束脉冲矩阵法分析了多色光学谐振腔的稳定条件；给出了计算腔内净群速度色散的准确表达式。具体分析了一种新型自锁模谐振腔，计算了它的腔内净群速度色散数值，为研究它的锁模机理提供了可靠的数据。     

Enhanced Entanglement and Controlling Quantum Steering in a Laguerre–Gaussian Cavity Optomechanical System with Two Rotating Mirrors

Gaussian quantum steering is a type of quantum correlation in which two entangled states exhibit asymmetry. An efficient theoretical proposal is presented for the control of quantum steering and enhancement of entanglement in a Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) cavity optomechanical system. The system contains two rotating mirrors and a coherently driven optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The numerical results show significantly improved mirror-mirror and mirror-cavity entanglements by controlling the system parameters such as parametric gain, parametric phase, and the frequency of the two rotating mirrors. In addition to bipartite entanglement, our system also exhibits mirror-cavity-mirror tripartite entanglement as well. Another intriguing finding is the control of quantum steering, for which several results were obtained by investigating it for various system parameters. It is shown that the steering directivity is primarily determined by the frequency of two rotating mirrors. Furthermore, for two rotating mirrors, quantum steering is found to be asymmetric both one-way and two-way. Therefore, it can be asserted that the current proposal may help in the understanding of non-local correlations and entanglement verification tasks.     

Controlled coupling of NV defect centers to plasmonic and photonic nanostructures

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defect centers in diamond have recently emerged as promising candidates for a number of applications in the fields of quantum optics and quantum information, such as single photon generation and spin qubit operations. The performance of these defect centers can strongly be enhanced through coupling to plasmonic and photonic nanostructures, such as metal particles and optical microcavities. Here, we demonstrate the controlled assembly of such hybrid structures via manipulation with scanning near-field probes. In particular, we investigate the plasmonic enhancement of the single photon emission through coupling to gold nanospheres as well as the coupling of diamond nanocrystals to the optical modes of microsphere resonators and photonic crystal cavities. These systems represent prototypes of fundamental nanophotonic/plasmonic elements and provide control on the generation and coherent transfer of photons on the level of a single quantum emitter.     

Robust scheme to generate N-atom W state in two distant cavities

We propose a scheme to realize W states for N-atoms trapped in two distant cavities connected by an optical fiber. In the scheme, the cavity modes and fiber mode are not excited during the process. The quantum information is encoded in two degenerate ground states, so the atom's spontaneous emission can be omitted approximately. Moreover, the operation speed increases with the number of the atoms without a limitation and thus the scheme is extremely robust against decoherence.     

Cucurbituril: Supramolecular perspectives for an old ligand

This report deals with the preparation and inclusion properties of the synthetic receptor cucurbituril. Although its synthesis dates back to the beginning of the century, complex formation with this ligand has not been studied until quite recently. The most important feature of this macropolycyclic structure is the presence of an internal cavity with a diameter comparable to that of -cyclodextrin. The rigid cavity of cucurbituril constitutes a rather apolar, lipophilic region, but the portals to the interior contain carbonyl groups as binding sites for ions. Bifunctional and amphiphilic substances can be successfully encapsulated. Similar to other cavitands, inclusion may be interpreted in terms of hydrophobic interactions by displacing solvent water molecules upon complexation, and of ion-dipole attractions with the urea moieties. Further profitable uses of cucurbituril as well as the preparation of attractive analogs are currently under research.     

Self-mixing interference in distributed feedback laser diode with multiple external cavities

The self-mixing interference in distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) with multiple external cavities is analyzed. Each external cavity is considered to be an optical thin film, and the equivalent reflectivity can be got from the theory of the thin film optics, the general expressions of gain and frequency in compound laser cavity are theoretically deduced. This principle is helpful to build the fiber-coupled self-mixing interference system. Considering that different parameters have influence on self-mixing interference, we make some simulation analysis at different conditions. The output of self-mixing interference is analyzed in numerical analysis, and the amplitude variations of the output gain is discussed along with different parameters, e.g., the coupling coefficient, the linewidth enhancement factor, and the reflection coefficient of external reflector.     

Photodissociation and photoionization of sodium coated C $_\mathsf{60}$ clusters

At the Prague Asterix Laser System Center (PALS) the Asterix iodine laser delivering up to 700 J/0.5 ns is used as a pump source for X-ray laser experiments and applications. The prepulse technique was applied which is known to improve the neon-like X-ray laser output at the J = 0-1 transition dramatically. Since Zn slab targets were used the operating wavelength was 21.2 nm. A prepulse having up to 20 J precedes the main pulse by 10 ns. The main beam and the prepulse beam are focussed by two different optical systems separately and their foci are superimposed at the target surface. By implementing a half-cavity set-up for double-pass amplification using a Mo/Si multilayer mirror - which can be used for more than 100 shots - the X-ray laser output was more than 10 times stronger than at the single pass in a 30 mm long plasma. Double-pass amplification was observed to be most efficient when the pump pulse duration was at least 150 ps longer than the round trip time ( ≈ 260 ps) in the half-cavity. Under this fundamental condition the X-ray laser reached saturation in the double-pass regime containing approx. 4 mJ energy which has been proved to be enough for future applications. In this contribution, the X-ray laser features like divergence in two dimensions, the beam quality (symmetry), the pointing angle and the integrated intensity giving an estimation of the output energy are investigated over 110 shots. To characterize the stability of the X-ray laser the shot distribution, the mean value and the standard deviation for these parameters are evaluated. For 18 shots in a series - what was achievable during one day - the corresponding values are given, and a statistical analysis carrying out a chi-squared test characterize the Zn X-ray laser as a robust tool suitable for applications. In the future it is planned to allocate X-ray laser beam time to external research groups. Received 17 May 2002 / Received in final form 10 September 2002 Published online 6 November 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: praeg@fzu.cz     

“Magic Relation” Between the Structures of Coexisting Phases at a First-Order Phase Transition in a Hard Sphere System

In the statistical geometry of a hard sphere system of any number of dimensions, V _o and S _o, the so-called available space and the area of the interface between the available and unavailable space, respectively, can be used as surrogates for chemical potential and pressure. It is shown exactly that, if a first-order transition occurs, the relation dV _o/dS _o=–/2D, where is the diameter of a sphere and D is the dimensionality of the system, must hold for densities in the phase coexistence region. This relation is remarkable in that –/2D is the ratio of the volume to the surface area of a sphere. Also, it is shown that it is possible for the system to have two successive first-order transitions, but that the occurrence of a continuous transition (even in two dimensions) is unlikely. It is argued that this unlikelihood is substantially strengthened by the absence of temperature (except as a trivial factor) as a variable in hard-sphere systems. This suggests that the findings of the KTHNY theory, recent simulations, and colloid experiments (specialized to sticky hard disks) can be extended to true hard disks. The fundamental physics underlying the magic relation is yet to be exposed. The author continues to search for the underlying reason and hopes that the present paper will stimulate others to join the search.     

High hydrostatic pressure ESR manostats

Abstract

Two high pressure X-band ESR resonators for sensitive measurements are described. Both systems have 100 kHz internal modulation coils and can cooperate with any standard ESR spectrometer. These cavities operate in two different temperature and pressure ranges: 77–400 K, up to 0.8 GPa and liquid helium temperature range, up to 1 GPa, respectively. Additionally, the cavity operating in the 77–400 K temperature range enables Photo-ESR measurements to be carried out.