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ダイエレクトリックを光の電場によって制御する
Martin Schultze1, Elisabeth M Bothschafter, Annkatrin Sommer
1Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany. martin.schultze@mpq.mpg.de
Nature
|December 11, 2012
まとめ
科学者たちは,強烈な光場を使用して,介電特性に対する可逆的な制御を実証しました. この突破は,光学信号の超高速操作を可能にし,ペタヘルツ帯域幅の電子機器と通信の道を開く.
科学分野:
- 固体物理学 固体物理学とは
- 量子光学とは,量子光学である.
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
背景:
- 半導体特性のマイクロ波場制御は,電子工学にとって根本的なものです.
- 電気制御を光学周波数に拡張するには,ダイエレクトリックのようなブロードバンド材料が必要です.
- 強烈な電場が介電特性を変えるために必要であり,数サイクルのレーザーパルスにより,損傷のない改変が可能である.
研究 の 目的:
- 光の電場を用いたダイエレクトリックの電子構造と電極化の可逆的な操作の可能性を調査する.
- 光学周波数での超高速信号処理の可能性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 電子ダイナミクスを研究するために,サブフェムト秒固体スペクトロスコーピーを用いた.
- 溶融したシリカは,波形制御された近赤外線数サイクルレーザーパルス (アングストームあたり数ボルト) で照射された.
- 極紫外線吸収率と近赤外線反射率の変化は,アト秒からフェムト秒の時間スケールで探査されました.
主要な成果:
- 介電特性のフィールド誘発の変化は,非常に非線形な方法でドライビングライトフィールドの振る舞いをフォローすることが観察されました.
- 効果は超高速の可逆性を示し,約100アト秒から数フェムト秒までの時間スケールで発生した.
- 結果は,量子力学モデルの予測と一致しています.
結論:
- 光の電気場は,ダイエレクトリックの物理的性質を可逆的に制御することができます.
- これは,信号をペタヘルツ帯域幅で操作する可能性を秘めています.
- この発見は,光通信と情報処理の新たな道を開く.
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