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中国物理学会期刊

基于铯原子气室反抽运光增强相干蓝光

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.71.20220480

Coherent blue light enhancement via repumping laser in cesium vapor

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.71.20220480
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  • 基于铯原子菱形能级6S1/2 (F = 4)→6P3/2 (F' = 5)→6D5/2 (F'' = 6)→7P3/2 (F' = 5)→6S1/2 (F = 4)系统, 在波长为852 nm (6S1/2→6P3/2)和917 nm (6P3/2→6D5/2)两红外抽运激光共同激励下, 通过四波混频过程频率上转换产生了波长为455 nm (7P3/2→6S1/2)的相干、准直蓝光. 实验上详细研究了抽运光偏振组合、功率、铯原子气室温度对蓝光强度的影响. 在此基础上, 通过增加了一束波长为894 nm (6S1/2 (F = 3)→6P1/2 (F' = 3, 4))的反抽运激光, 将更多的原子抽运回基态6S1/2 (F = 4)超精细能级, 显著增加了相干蓝光功率的输出, 在水下自由空间光通信领域等有一定的应用价值.

     

    We demonstrate the generation of coherent and collimated blue light (CBL) based on cesium (Cs) 6S1/2(F = 4)→6P3/2(F' = 5)→6D5/2(F'' = 6)→7P3/2(F' = 5)→6S1/2(F = 4) diamond-type atomic system in a heated vapor cell. Two infrared pumping lasers with wavelengths at 852 nm (6S1/2→6P3/2) and 917 nm (6P3/2→6D5/2), provide step-wise excitation to the 6D5/2 excited state, and induce strong two-photon coherence between the 6S1/2 state and 6D5/2 state. The atoms undergo a double cascade accompanied with the amplified spontaneous emission at 15.1 μm via the 7P3/2 intermediate excited state, and produce a beam of 455 nm (7P3/2→6S1/2) CBL with highly spatiotemporal coherence through a parametric four-wave mixing process. We investigate the influence of experimental parameters such as polarization combination of the two pumping lasers, and their power, and the temperature of Cs vapor cell on the CBL. Especially, we add a beam of 894 nm laser operating at the 6S1/2(F = 3) →6P1/2 transition as repumping laser, which can pump atoms back to the 6S1/2(F = 4) state from the 6S1/2(F = 3) state, thus significantly improving the power of CBL. This technique of the CBL enhancement via optical pumping is also useful for the other alkali metal atoms.

     

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