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中国物理学会期刊

原子蒸气中腔增强四波混频过程产生相干蓝光

Generation of coherent blue light via cavity-enhanced four-wave mixing in atomic vapor

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  • 基于铯原子6S1/2(F=4)→ 6P3/2 → 8S1/2 → 7P3/2 → 6S1/2(F=4)菱形能级系统,采用852 nm (6S1/2 → 6P3/2)和795 nm (6P3/2 → 8S1/2)两束红外泵浦光共同激励铯原子蒸气,通过四波混频过程实现频率上转换,获得了456 nm (7P3/2 → 6S1/2)相干、准直蓝光。实验中将两泵浦光束以近共线、同向方式单次穿过铯原子蒸气时,所产生的相干蓝光作为种子光注入一个四镜环形光学谐振腔,成功实现了相干蓝光的腔增强输出。与无腔条件下的单次泵浦构型相比,相干蓝光的输出功率提升了近一个数量级。系统研究了腔增强相干蓝光输出对泵浦光偏振、频率及原子气室温度等关键参数的依赖关系,为进一步优化实验条件、提升相干蓝光功率提供了依据。此外,光学谐振腔还有助于压窄相干蓝光的线宽。该窄线宽、频率可调的相干蓝光,在量子光学实验、自由空间光通信等领域具有潜在的应用前景。

    Based on the cesium 6S1/2(F=4)→ 6P3/2 → 8S1/2 → 7P3/2 → 6S1/2(F=4) diamond-type energy level system, coherent and collimated blue light (CBL) at 456 nm (7P3/2 → 6S1/2) is generated via a four-wave mixing (FWM) process, driven by the stepwise excitation with two pump beams at 852 nm (6S1/2 → 6P3/2) and 795 nm (6P3/2 → 8S1/2). In the experiment, when the two pump beams propagate through a hot cesium vapor in a near-collinear, co-propagating single-pass configuration, a portion of the generated CBL is used as a seed light and injected into a four-mirror ring optical cavity, successfully achieving cavity-enhanced CBL output. Compared with the single-pass configuration without a cavity, the output power of the cavity-enhanced CBL is increased by nearly one order of magnitude. In particular, the polarization measurements for CBL using two sets of cavity-enhanced CBL spectra have further revealed the polarization characteristics of CBL, offering new insights relative to previous studies. Moreover, by controlling the polarization of the intracavity seed blue light, effective manipulation of the output CBL polarization has been achieved. These findings provide important experimental evidence for a deeper understanding of the physical mechanisms underlying CBL generation. Additionally, the use of an optical cavity helps to narrow the linewidth of the CBL. Such a narrow-linewidth and frequency-tunable CBL has potential applications in some quantum optics experiments and underwater free-space optical communications, among other fields.

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