Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.3788/col202321.090002
Can Li, Yue Tao, Man Jiang, P. Ma, W. Liu, R. Su, Jiangming Xu, Jin-yong Leng, P. Zhou
Unlike conventional continuous-wave lasers with wide spectra, the amplification of single-frequency lasers in optical fibers is much more difficult owing to the ultra-high power spectral density induced nonlinear stimulated Brillouin scattering effect. Nevertheless, over the past two decades much effort has been devoted to improving the power scaling and performance of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers. These amplifiers are mostly driven by applications, such as high precision detection and metrology, and have benefited from the long coherence length, low noise, and excellent beam quality of this type of laser source. In this paper, we review the overall development of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers by focusing on its progress and challenges, specifically, the strategies for circumventing the stimulated Brillouin scattering and transverse mode instability effects that, at present, are the major limiting factors of the power scaling of the single-frequency fiber amplifiers. These factors are also thoroughly discussed in terms of free-space and all-fiber coupled architecture. In addition, we also examine the noise properties of single-frequency fiber amplifiers, along with corresponding noise reducing schemes. Finally, we briefly envision the future development of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers.
{"title":"High-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers: progress and challenge [Invited]","authors":"Can Li, Yue Tao, Man Jiang, P. Ma, W. Liu, R. Su, Jiangming Xu, Jin-yong Leng, P. Zhou","doi":"10.3788/col202321.090002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.090002","url":null,"abstract":"Unlike conventional continuous-wave lasers with wide spectra, the amplification of single-frequency lasers in optical fibers is much more difficult owing to the ultra-high power spectral density induced nonlinear stimulated Brillouin scattering effect. Nevertheless, over the past two decades much effort has been devoted to improving the power scaling and performance of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers. These amplifiers are mostly driven by applications, such as high precision detection and metrology, and have benefited from the long coherence length, low noise, and excellent beam quality of this type of laser source. In this paper, we review the overall development of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers by focusing on its progress and challenges, specifically, the strategies for circumventing the stimulated Brillouin scattering and transverse mode instability effects that, at present, are the major limiting factors of the power scaling of the single-frequency fiber amplifiers. These factors are also thoroughly discussed in terms of free-space and all-fiber coupled architecture. In addition, we also examine the noise properties of single-frequency fiber amplifiers, along with corresponding noise reducing schemes. Finally, we briefly envision the future development of high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers.","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82628703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.3788/col202321.041203
Jingtao Dong, Tengda Zhang, Lei Yang, Yuzhong Zhang, R. Lu, Xinglong Xie
{"title":"Dark-field line confocal imaging with point confocality and extended line field for bulk defects detection","authors":"Jingtao Dong, Tengda Zhang, Lei Yang, Yuzhong Zhang, R. Lu, Xinglong Xie","doi":"10.3788/col202321.041203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.041203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87797767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.3788/col202321.051201
Fan Zhang, Beibei Qi, Baijin Su, Ou Xu, Yuwen Qin
{"title":"High sensitivity all-fiber bend sensor based on modal interferences in a ring core fiber","authors":"Fan Zhang, Beibei Qi, Baijin Su, Ou Xu, Yuwen Qin","doi":"10.3788/col202321.051201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.051201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88119011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The temporal coupled-mode theory (TCMT) has made significant progress in recent years, and is widely applied in explaining a variety of optical phenomena. In this paper, the optical characteristics of the metasurface composed of nano-bars and nano-rings are simulated. The simulation results are well explained by TCMT under the coupled basis vector. However, when the structural asymmetry is large, the fitting of results shows that the total radiation loss is not conservative, in contradiction to the requirement of traditional TCMT. We solved this inconsistency by introducing the propagation phase into the near-field coupling term of TCMT. The studies show that, unlike the local mode near the exceptional point which corresponds to the radiation loss of the bright mode, the global mode near the diabolic point is closely related to the propagation phase. Furthermore, the structure near the diabolic point shows characteristic cross-coupling with the change of period. This study proposes a new theoretical framework for comprehending the interaction of light and matter and offers some guiding implications for the application of TCMT to a variety of related domains.
{"title":"Effects of propagation phase on the coupling of plasmonic optical modes","authors":"Wan-xia Huang, Yabo Zhang, Yuan Pei, Maosheng Wang, Fenghua Shi, Kuan-Yi Li","doi":"10.3788/col202321.010003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.010003","url":null,"abstract":"The temporal coupled-mode theory (TCMT) has made significant progress in recent years, and is widely applied in explaining a variety of optical phenomena. In this paper, the optical characteristics of the metasurface composed of nano-bars and nano-rings are simulated. The simulation results are well explained by TCMT under the coupled basis vector. However, when the structural asymmetry is large, the fitting of results shows that the total radiation loss is not conservative, in contradiction to the requirement of traditional TCMT. We solved this inconsistency by introducing the propagation phase into the near-field coupling term of TCMT. The studies show that, unlike the local mode near the exceptional point which corresponds to the radiation loss of the bright mode, the global mode near the diabolic point is closely related to the propagation phase. Furthermore, the structure near the diabolic point shows characteristic cross-coupling with the change of period. This study proposes a new theoretical framework for comprehending the interaction of light and matter and offers some guiding implications for the application of TCMT to a variety of related domains.","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81275922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.3788/col202321.092702
Li Li, Yu Pan, Yi-Jia Liu, Xiaoping Zhou, Dongfei Huang, Zehao Shen, Jian Wang, Chuan‐Feng Li, G. Guo
Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) system is a promising platform for quantum optics and quantum information experiments. And its core is the strong coupling between atoms and optical cavity, which causes difficulty in the overlap for the atoms and the antinode of optical cavity mode. Here, we use a programmable movable optical dipole trap to load a cold atomic ensemble into an optical fiber microcavity and realize the strong coupling between the atoms and the optical cavity in which the coupling strength can be improved by polarization gradient cooling and adiabatic loading. By the measurement of vacuum Rabi splitting, the coupling strength can be as high as g N = 2 π × 400 MHz, which means the effective atom number is N ef f = 16 and the collective cooperativity is C N = 1466. These results show this experimental system can be used for cold atomic ensemble and cold molecule based cavity QED research.
空腔量子电动力学(QED)系统是一个很有前途的量子光学和量子信息实验平台。其核心是原子与光腔之间的强耦合,这使得原子与光腔模式的反极难以重叠。本文利用可编程移动光偶极阱将冷原子系综加载到光纤微腔中,实现了原子与光腔之间的强耦合,并通过极化梯度冷却和绝热加载提高了耦合强度。通过对真空拉比分裂的测量,耦合强度可高达g N = 2 π × 400 MHz,即有效原子序数N ef = 16,集体协同度C N = 1466。结果表明,该实验系统可用于冷原子系综和基于冷分子的腔QED研究。
{"title":"Experimental realization of strong coupling between a cold atomic ensemble and an optical fiber microcavity","authors":"Li Li, Yu Pan, Yi-Jia Liu, Xiaoping Zhou, Dongfei Huang, Zehao Shen, Jian Wang, Chuan‐Feng Li, G. Guo","doi":"10.3788/col202321.092702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.092702","url":null,"abstract":"Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) system is a promising platform for quantum optics and quantum information experiments. And its core is the strong coupling between atoms and optical cavity, which causes difficulty in the overlap for the atoms and the antinode of optical cavity mode. Here, we use a programmable movable optical dipole trap to load a cold atomic ensemble into an optical fiber microcavity and realize the strong coupling between the atoms and the optical cavity in which the coupling strength can be improved by polarization gradient cooling and adiabatic loading. By the measurement of vacuum Rabi splitting, the coupling strength can be as high as g N = 2 π × 400 MHz, which means the effective atom number is N ef f = 16 and the collective cooperativity is C N = 1466. These results show this experimental system can be used for cold atomic ensemble and cold molecule based cavity QED research.","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75628455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
To obtain cold atom samples with temperatures lower than 100 pK in the cold atom physics rack experiment of the Chinese Space Station, we propose to use the momentum filtering method for deep cooling of atoms. This paper introduces the experimental results of the momentum filtering method verified by our ground testing system. In the experiment, we designed a specific experimental sequence of standing-wave light pulses to control the temperature, atomic number, and size of the atomic cloud. The results show that the momentum filter can effectively and conveniently reduce the temperature of the atomic cloud and the energy of Bose – Einstein condensation, and can be flexibly combined with other cooling methods to enhance the cooling effect. This work provides a method for the atomic cooling scheme of the ultra-cold atomic system on the ground and on the space station, and shows a way of deep cooling atoms.
{"title":"Momentum filtering scheme of cooling atomic clouds for the Chinese Space Station","authors":"Hui Li, Biao Wu, Jiachen Yu, X. Yuan, Xiaoji Zhou, Bin Wang, Weibiao Chen, Wei Xiong, Xuzong Chen","doi":"10.3788/col202321.080201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3788/col202321.080201","url":null,"abstract":"To obtain cold atom samples with temperatures lower than 100 pK in the cold atom physics rack experiment of the Chinese Space Station, we propose to use the momentum filtering method for deep cooling of atoms. This paper introduces the experimental results of the momentum filtering method verified by our ground testing system. In the experiment, we designed a specific experimental sequence of standing-wave light pulses to control the temperature, atomic number, and size of the atomic cloud. The results show that the momentum filter can effectively and conveniently reduce the temperature of the atomic cloud and the energy of Bose – Einstein condensation, and can be flexibly combined with other cooling methods to enhance the cooling effect. This work provides a method for the atomic cooling scheme of the ultra-cold atomic system on the ground and on the space station, and shows a way of deep cooling atoms.","PeriodicalId":10293,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Optics Letters","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86537915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}