原子干涉仪中拉曼激光的相位-频率双调制稳频

为降低拉曼激光的频率噪声,提出了一种相位-频率双调制稳频技术。用光纤电光相位调制器对激光进行调制并产生大失谐边带;用射频信号对光纤相位调制器的微波驱动信号进行频率调制,通过锁相放大法将一个大失谐边带锁到铷原子的饱和吸收谱线上。利用该技术实现了拉曼种子激光的稳频和2 GHz的移频,拉曼激光的线宽大幅压窄到56 kHz,预期拉曼激光频率噪声引起的原子干涉重力仪的单次测量噪声可降低到7×10-9/s2。     

Ba原子6s2 1S0 - 6s6p3P1跃迁Hanle效应实验研究

Ba原子是光频标的候选者之一,对其进行有效的激光冷却与囚禁需要相关能级的寿命和跃迁几率的信息。Ba原子激发态6s6p 3P1能级在激光冷却实验中很重要,通过Hanle效应实验测量了这一能级的寿命和自发辐射率,从理论和实验上研究了探测激光有限线宽和光强对Ba原子基态6s2 1S0与激发态6s6p 3P1之间跃迁（波长791 nm）的Hanle效应的荧光信号的影响。在考虑了激光线宽和光强因素后所得到的激发态6s6p 3P1的能级寿命和自发辐射率与其他方法给出的结果很好符合。     

Determination of the 5d6p 3F4-5d2 3F transition probabilities of Ba I

Whether the transitions between 6s5d ³D and 5d6p ³F can be used for laser cooling of barium heavily depends upon the transition probabilities of 5d6p ³F-5d^{2 3}F. Taking the transition 6s5d ³D₃-5d6p ³F⁴ as a scale, the leakage rate of 5d6p ³F₄-5d^{2 3}F was used to evaluate the transition probabilities. 706 nm laser pulses with different durations were applied to a barium atomic beam for 6s5d ³D₃-5d^{2 3}F₄ optical pumping, and the remaining percentages in 6s5d ³D₃ were measured. After exponential fitting, the transition probability of 5d6p ³F₄-5d^{2 3}F_3,4 was determined to be 2.1(4)×10⁴ s^?1, which is in agreement with theoretical calculations using the scaled Thomas-Fermi-Dirac method.