一个稳定状态的超辐射激光器,具有不到一个洞内光子
Justin G Bohnet1, Zilong Chen, Joshua M Weiner
1JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Nature
|April 7, 2012
概括
研究人员使用同步原子二极体开发了一种拉曼超辐射激光. 这个新的激光器提供了前所未有的光谱纯度,超过了传统的激光器,为先进的应用打开了大门.
科学领域:
- 原子,分子和光学物理学
- 量子光学是一种量子光学.
- 激光物理 激光物理
背景情况:
- 振荡器的光谱纯度对于诸如重力波探测,计时和量子计算等应用至关重要.
- 预计高光谱纯度激光器在超辐射模式下运行,使用狭窄的原子过渡.
- "坏空洞"或超辐射体制的特点是裸体原子线宽比空洞线宽小得多.
研究的目的:
- 为了展示拉曼超辐射激光源.
- 通过在坏空洞状态下运行来实现高光谱纯度.
- 为了验证未来超辐射激光器的预测.
主要方法:
- 使用卢比-87原子二极管构建了一个拉曼超辐射激光器.
- 在较低的内空光子数 (小于0.2光子) 上运行激光器.
- 使用空腔频率拉动测量了集体原子二极极的光谱纯度和与环境的隔离.
主要成果:
- 证明了超过一百万个原子双极的自发同步.
- 实现了集体原子双极与环境的隔离超过一万倍.
- 激光的频率线宽比单粒子脱凝更窄,并且低于好空洞激光器量子线宽极限的1万倍以上.
结论:
- 这项研究成功地证明了拉曼超辐射激光在坏空洞模式下运行.
- 结果验证了超辐射激光器的关键预测,显示显著增强的光谱纯度.
- 这项工作可能会导致改进的原子钟和基础物理研究的新途径.
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