Magneto-optical trapping of Stark-slowed metastable He atoms

We report on the first successful loading of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) with metastable He atoms from a Stark-slower. Thereby, deceleration of the atoms relies on laser-atom interaction in an inhomogeneous electric field. We show that the results obtained are comparable with early results from other groups achieved with a Zeeman slower. The Stark slower, which is able to fully control the final velocity of the atomic He beam, is the first step in achieving complete spin independent kinematic control based solely on electric fields. Received 2 October 2002 / Received in final form 20 January 2003 Published online 29 April 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: eichmann@mbi-berlin.de     

The S-FFT calculation of Collins formula and its application in digital holography

We study analytically and numerically the properties of one-dimensional chain of cold ions placed in a periodic potential of optical lattice and global harmonic potential of a trap. In close similarity with the Frenkel-Kontorova model, a transition from sliding to pinned phase takes place with the increase of the optical lattice potential for the density of ions incommensurate with the lattice period. We show that at zero temperature the quantum fluctuations lead to a quantum phase transition and melting of pinned instanton glass phase at large values of dimensional Planck constant. After melting the ion chain can slide in an optical lattice. The obtained results are also relevant for a Wigner crystal placed in a periodic potential.     

Temperature dependence of the electric field gradient in GaN measured with the PAC-probe 181Hf

A radial inhomogeneous magnetic field produced by counter-propagating currents in anti-Helmholtz configuration coils has been superimposed to a Penning trap. The confinement properties of electrons in such a trap have been studied experimentally. Without the radial B-field we find a number of operating conditions where instabilities occur, arising from higher order contributions to the quadrupolar trapping field. When we apply the radial field the trap properties remain essentially unchanged until the strength of this field at the boundary of the electron cloud is of the same order as the homogeneous Penning field. Then a sudden breakdown in the confinement appears. The experiments have been performed in low magnetic fields. The equations of motions of the trapped particles can be cast in a dimensionless form and our results can be considered as independent of the field strength. Contribution was presented at the TCP06, Vancouver Island, 2006.     

Near-field study of optical modes in randomly textured ZnO thin films

We report on near-field scanning optical microscopy measurements on randomly textured ZnO thin films. These films are commonly used as transparent conducting oxide in thin-film solar cells. Textured interfaces are used to increase the scattering of light, which leads to a better light trapping in the solar cell. Here, both the topography and the local transmission are measured with a tapered fiber tip with very high spatial resolution. By varying the distance of the tip and the wavelength of the incident light, the optical profile is visualized and reveals a strong confinement of light on a subwavelength scale which corresponds to ridges in the surface structure. The confinement of light results from guided optical modes in the ZnO which are accompanied by a modulated evanescent field in air. No corresponding structure to this modulation is found in the topography. These results give new insight for further improvement of light trapping in solar cells.     

一种高效便捷的红外探测卡

我们利用稀土直接掺杂工艺 ,通过向带隙宽为 4～ 5ｅＶ的ⅡＡ ⅥＡ族化合物中掺入稀土离子Ｅｕ、Ｓｍ ,合成了电子俘获材料 (ＥＴＭ ＥｌｅｃｔｒｏｎＴｒａｐ ｐｉｎｇＭａｔｅｒｉａｌ)ＣａＳ :Ｅｕ ,Ｓｍ。该材料具有红外上转换和光存储特性 ,其红外响应光谱宽 ( 0 .8～ 1 .6μｍ)、量子转换效率高达 76% [1 ,2 ] 、热稳定性好、使用方便 (室温下工作 ,不需制冷 )、造价低 ,并且具有“常光充能”特性 ,即不需紫外线预激发就能在室温下将红外光 ( 0 .8～ 1 .6μｍ)直接转换为醒目的可见红光 ,是一种优良的红外探测材料 ,利用该材料制作的…     

A Theoretical Study on Nonadiabatic Trapping Models of the Reaction NH H←→N H_2

ThehydrogenatomtransferreactionNH H-N H,isanimportantreactioninradicalreactionsandthegas-phrasethermatdecompositionofammonia.Therewereseveralstudiesonthisreactioninexperiment]andtheory='3.Inthispaper,wehaveemployedtheunifiedstatisticaltheory'(UST)tos...     

N-取代酰胺-二苯酮体系光化夺氢反应活泼自由基的ESR研究

本文用自由基捕捉剂2,3,5,6-四甲基亚硝基苯(ND)及苯亚甲基叔丁基氮氧化物(PBN)与ESR相结合的方法研究了十二种取代酰胺RC₆H₄NHC(0)CH₃(R-CH₃、Cl、Br、H、NO₂)、C₆H₅N(R)C(0)CH₃(R=CH₃、C₂H₅)及HC(0)NR₂(R-CH₃、C₂H₅)与二苯酮光化夺氢反应中的活泼自由基。结果表明: 1.对于RC₆H₄NHC(0)CH₃,二苯酮夺取氮上H形成R-C₆H₄NC(0)CH₃自由基。 2.对C₆H₅N(R)C(0)CH₃及HC(O)NR₂,二苯酮夺取与羰基相连的甲基氢、羰基上氢及与N相连碳上的氢分别形成 C₆H₅N(R)C(0)CH₂、C(0)NR₂、C₆H₅N(CHR')C(0)CH₃及。     

Improving the specularity of magnetic mirrors for atoms

An array of anti-parallel current-carrying wires creates an inhomogeneous magnetic field capable of reflecting neutral atoms. We present analytical and numerical analyses of the magnetic field produced by such an array, and describe methods for reducing the resulting rms angular deviation from specular reflection to less than 0.1 mrad. Careful choice of cross-sectional wire profiles is shown to dramatically improve specularity of reflection close to the surface. Additionally, we find that the specularity depends on whether the number of wires in the mirror is even or odd, and that there exists an optimal turning height above the surface that maximizes the specularity of reflection from the mirror. Received 16 November 1998