A cold atom source is important for quantum metrology and precision measurement.To reduce the quantum projection noise limit in optical lattice clock,one can increase the number of cold atoms and reduce the dead time ...A cold atom source is important for quantum metrology and precision measurement.To reduce the quantum projection noise limit in optical lattice clock,one can increase the number of cold atoms and reduce the dead time by enhancing the loading rate.In this work,we realize an enhanced cold mercury atom source based on a two-dimensional(2D)magnetooptical trap(MOT).The vacuum system is composed of two titanium chambers connected with a differential pumping tube.Two stable cooling laser systems are adopted for the 2D-MOT and the three-dimensional(3D)-MOT,respectively.Using an optimized 2D-MOT and push beam,about 1.3×10^(6)atoms,which are almost an order of magnitude higher than using a pure 3D-MOT,are loaded into the 3D-MOT for202Hg atoms.This enhanced cold mercury atom source is helpful in increasing the frequency stability of a neutral mercury lattice clock.展开更多
We report on the observation of the highly forbidden ^1S0–^3P0 optical clock transition in laser-cooled ^199Hg atoms.More than 95% depletion of cold ^199Hg atoms is detected in the magneto-optical trap. Using the fre...We report on the observation of the highly forbidden ^1S0–^3P0 optical clock transition in laser-cooled ^199Hg atoms.More than 95% depletion of cold ^199Hg atoms is detected in the magneto-optical trap. Using the free-of-field detection method, the AC Stark shift from the cooling laser is removed from the in-field spectroscopy. At low-power clock laser pumping, the linewidth of the clock spectroscopy is approximately 450 k Hz（full width at half-maximum）, which corresponds to a Doppler broadening at the atom temperature of 60 μK. We determine the -1S0–^13P0transition frequency to be 1,128,575,290.819（14） MHz by referencing with a hydrogen maser and measuring with a fiber optical frequency comb. Moreover, a weak Doppler-free signal is observed.展开更多
Polarization spectroscopy of the D lines of rubidium atoms is investigated experimentally,especially with different pump powers and cell temperatures.We find that there are four candidate transitions suitable for freq...Polarization spectroscopy of the D lines of rubidium atoms is investigated experimentally,especially with different pump powers and cell temperatures.We find that there are four candidate transitions suitable for frequency stabilization,and optimal pump powers and cell temperatures are also presented to obtain a perfect signal with maximal amplitude and slope.The optimal signal is insensitive to the fluctuations of laser power and the temperature,which can enhance the performance of frequency locking.展开更多
We report a rapid evaporative cooling method using a hybrid trap which is composed of a quadrupole magnetic trap and a one-beam optical dipole trap. It contains two kinds of evaporative coolings to reach the quantum d...We report a rapid evaporative cooling method using a hybrid trap which is composed of a quadrupole magnetic trap and a one-beam optical dipole trap. It contains two kinds of evaporative coolings to reach the quantum degeneracy： initial radio-frequency （RF） enforced evaporative cooling in the quadrupole magnetic trap and further runaway evaporative cooling in the optical dipole trap. The hybrid trap does not require a very high power laser such as that in the traditional pure optical trap, but still has a deep trap depth and a large trap volume, and has better optical access than the normal magnetic trap like the quadrupole-Ioffe-configuration （QUIC） cloverleaf trap. A high trap frequency can be easily realized in the hybrid trap to enhance the elastic collision rate and shorten the evaporative cooling time. In our experiment, pure Bose-Einstein condensates （BECs） with about 1 x 105 atoms can be realized in 6 s evaporative cooling in the optical dipole trap.展开更多
We experimentally observe polarization spectroscopy （PS） of the 1S0-3P1 transition of mercury atom gases at 253.7 nm. The PS signal can be observed in all six richly abundant isotopes and the PS signal of six transi...We experimentally observe polarization spectroscopy （PS） of the 1S0-3P1 transition of mercury atom gases at 253.7 nm. The PS signal can be observed in all six richly abundant isotopes and the PS signal of six transitions for laser cooling are all clear and of a dispersive line shape. The optimized pump power and probe power are found for the PS of 202 Hg. We find the linearly polarized component in the pump beam will distort the original P S signal due to the use of linear PS. Consequently, the purity of the pump beam is crucial to laser frequency stabilization by PS.展开更多
Light shift is important and inevitably affects the long-term stability of an atomic clock.In this work,considering two unbalanced branches of the spontaneous decay rate in a three-level system,we studied the frequenc...Light shift is important and inevitably affects the long-term stability of an atomic clock.In this work,considering two unbalanced branches of the spontaneous decay rate in a three-level system,we studied the frequency shifts of electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)and coherent population trapping(CPT)clocks operating under the pulse sequence regime by numerically solving the Liouville density matrix equations.The results show that the frequency shifts are larger when the two branches of spontaneous emission rate are not equal compared to the equal case.In addition,in EIT-Ramsey,the effect of the unbalanced branches of the spontaneous decay rate and relaxations of low-energy states on the frequency shift is greater than that of Rabi frequency.In CPT-Ramsey,the relaxations of low-energy states play a dominant role in frequency shift.展开更多
We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and...We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and the atom interactions produce remarkable effects on localization.We also find that the single phase of the initial condensate is broken into many small pieces while the system approaches localization,showing a counter-intuitive step-wise phase but not a thoroughly randomized phase.Although the condensates as a whole show less flow and expansion,the currents between adjacent phase steps retain strong time dependence.Thus we show explicitly that the localization of a finite size Bose–Einstein condensate is a dynamic equilibrium state.展开更多
文摘A cold atom source is important for quantum metrology and precision measurement.To reduce the quantum projection noise limit in optical lattice clock,one can increase the number of cold atoms and reduce the dead time by enhancing the loading rate.In this work,we realize an enhanced cold mercury atom source based on a two-dimensional(2D)magnetooptical trap(MOT).The vacuum system is composed of two titanium chambers connected with a differential pumping tube.Two stable cooling laser systems are adopted for the 2D-MOT and the three-dimensional(3D)-MOT,respectively.Using an optimized 2D-MOT and push beam,about 1.3×10^(6)atoms,which are almost an order of magnitude higher than using a pure 3D-MOT,are loaded into the 3D-MOT for202Hg atoms.This enhanced cold mercury atom source is helpful in increasing the frequency stability of a neutral mercury lattice clock.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.91436105)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB21030200)
文摘We report on the observation of the highly forbidden ^1S0–^3P0 optical clock transition in laser-cooled ^199Hg atoms.More than 95% depletion of cold ^199Hg atoms is detected in the magneto-optical trap. Using the free-of-field detection method, the AC Stark shift from the cooling laser is removed from the in-field spectroscopy. At low-power clock laser pumping, the linewidth of the clock spectroscopy is approximately 450 k Hz（full width at half-maximum）, which corresponds to a Doppler broadening at the atom temperature of 60 μK. We determine the -1S0–^13P0transition frequency to be 1,128,575,290.819（14） MHz by referencing with a hydrogen maser and measuring with a fiber optical frequency comb. Moreover, a weak Doppler-free signal is observed.
基金Project supported by the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (Grant No. 09DJ1400700)the National 973 Program of China(Grant No. 2011CB921504)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10974211)
文摘Polarization spectroscopy of the D lines of rubidium atoms is investigated experimentally,especially with different pump powers and cell temperatures.We find that there are four candidate transitions suitable for frequency stabilization,and optimal pump powers and cell temperatures are also presented to obtain a perfect signal with maximal amplitude and slope.The optimal signal is insensitive to the fluctuations of laser power and the temperature,which can enhance the performance of frequency locking.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10974211)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB921504)the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, China (Grant No. 09DJ1400700)
文摘We report a rapid evaporative cooling method using a hybrid trap which is composed of a quadrupole magnetic trap and a one-beam optical dipole trap. It contains two kinds of evaporative coolings to reach the quantum degeneracy： initial radio-frequency （RF） enforced evaporative cooling in the quadrupole magnetic trap and further runaway evaporative cooling in the optical dipole trap. The hybrid trap does not require a very high power laser such as that in the traditional pure optical trap, but still has a deep trap depth and a large trap volume, and has better optical access than the normal magnetic trap like the quadrupole-Ioffe-configuration （QUIC） cloverleaf trap. A high trap frequency can be easily realized in the hybrid trap to enhance the elastic collision rate and shorten the evaporative cooling time. In our experiment, pure Bose-Einstein condensates （BECs） with about 1 x 105 atoms can be realized in 6 s evaporative cooling in the optical dipole trap.
基金supported by the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(Grant No.09DJ1400700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91436105)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB921504)
文摘We experimentally observe polarization spectroscopy （PS） of the 1S0-3P1 transition of mercury atom gases at 253.7 nm. The PS signal can be observed in all six richly abundant isotopes and the PS signal of six transitions for laser cooling are all clear and of a dispersive line shape. The optimized pump power and probe power are found for the PS of 202 Hg. We find the linearly polarized component in the pump beam will distort the original P S signal due to the use of linear PS. Consequently, the purity of the pump beam is crucial to laser frequency stabilization by PS.
基金Project supported by the State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics Research Program,Tsinghua University(Grant No.KF201707).
文摘Light shift is important and inevitably affects the long-term stability of an atomic clock.In this work,considering two unbalanced branches of the spontaneous decay rate in a three-level system,we studied the frequency shifts of electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)and coherent population trapping(CPT)clocks operating under the pulse sequence regime by numerically solving the Liouville density matrix equations.The results show that the frequency shifts are larger when the two branches of spontaneous emission rate are not equal compared to the equal case.In addition,in EIT-Ramsey,the effect of the unbalanced branches of the spontaneous decay rate and relaxations of low-energy states on the frequency shift is greater than that of Rabi frequency.In CPT-Ramsey,the relaxations of low-energy states play a dominant role in frequency shift.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10974211the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No.2011CB921504the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission under Grant Nos.09DJ1400700 and 10DJ1400600.
文摘We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and the atom interactions produce remarkable effects on localization.We also find that the single phase of the initial condensate is broken into many small pieces while the system approaches localization,showing a counter-intuitive step-wise phase but not a thoroughly randomized phase.Although the condensates as a whole show less flow and expansion,the currents between adjacent phase steps retain strong time dependence.Thus we show explicitly that the localization of a finite size Bose–Einstein condensate is a dynamic equilibrium state.
