47 research outputs found
Determination of the Wigner function from photon statistics
We present an experimental realisation of the direct scheme for measuring the
Wigner function of a single quantized light mode. In this method, the Wigner
function is determined as the expectation value of the photon number parity
operator for the phase space displaced quantum state.Comment: 4 pages LaTeX, contribution to proceedings of 6th central-european
workshop on quantum optics; see also
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~kbanasz/QOLab/ExpWigner
Full 3D modelling of pulse propagation enables efficient nonlinear frequency conversion with low energy laser pulses in a single-element tripler
Although new optical materials continue to open up access to more and more wavelength bands where femtosecond laser pulses can be generated, light frequency conversion techniques are still indispensable in filling the gaps on the ultrafast spectral scale. With high repetition rate, low pulse energy laser sources (oscillators) tight focusing is necessary for a robust wave mixing and the efficiency of broadband nonlinear conversion is limited by diffraction as well as spatial and temporal walk-off. Here we demonstrate a miniature third harmonic generator (tripler) with conversion efficiency exceeding 30%, producing 246 fs UV pulses via cascaded second order processes within a single laser beam focus. Designing this highly efficient and ultra compact frequency converter was made possible by full 3-dimentional modelling of propagation of tightly focused, broadband light fields in nonlinear and birefringent media
Femtosecond study of the interplay between excitons, trions, and carriers in (Cd,Mn)Te quantum wells
We present an absorption study of the neutral and positively charged exciton
(trion) under the influence of a femtosecond, circularly polarized, resonant
pump pulse. Three populations are involved: free holes, excitons, and trions,
all exhibiting transient spin polarization. In particular, a polarization of
the hole gas is created by the formation of trions. The evolution of these
populations is studied, including the spin flip and trion formation processes.
The contributions of several mechanisms to intensity changes are evaluated,
including phase space filling and spin-dependent screening. We propose a new
explanation of the oscillator strength stealing phenomena observed in p-doped
quantum wells, based on the screening of neutral excitons by charge carriers.
We have also found that binding heavy holes into charged excitons excludes them
from the interaction with the rest of the system, so that oscillator strength
stealing is partially blockedComment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Direct measurement of the Wigner function by photon counting
We report a direct measurement of the Wigner function characterizing the
quantum state of a light mode. The experimental scheme is based on the
representation of the Wigner function as an expectation value of a displaced
photon number parity operator. This allowed us to scan the phase space
point-by-point, and obtain the complete Wigner function without using any
numerical reconstruction algorithms.Comment: 4 pages, REVTe
Strontium optical lattice clocks for practical realization of the metre and secondary representation of the second
We present a system of two independent strontium optical lattice standards
probed with a single shared ultra-narrow laser. The absolute frequency of the
clocks can be verified by the use of Er:fiber optical frequency comb with the
GPS-disciplined Rb frequency standard. We report hertz-level spectroscopy of
the clock line and measurements of frequency stability of the two strontium
optical lattice clocks.Comment: This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article
accepted for publication in Meas. Sci. Technol. The publisher is not
responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or
any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at
doi:10.1088/0957-0233/26/7/07520
Neutral and charged excitons in a CdTe-based quantum well
We present a summary of our spectroscopic studies of the oscillator strength of transitions related
to the formation of neutral and positively charged excitons in modulation p-doped
CdTe-based quantum wells. The hole concentration was controlled in the range from 10¹⁰ cm⁻² to
10¹¹ cm⁻². Continuous-wave and time-resolved femtosecond pump–probe absorption measurements
were performed. They allowed us to study the interacting system of excitons, trions, and free
holes. Characteristic times of the system were determined, such as the trion formation time. A new
explanation of so-called oscillator strength «stealing» has been proposed, in terms of spin-dependent
screening. Experimental evidence is presented for optical creation of transient spin polarization
in the quantum well
Ultrashort-pulse laser with an intracavity phase shaping element
A novel ultrashort-pulse laser cavity configuration that incorporates an intracavity deformable mirror as a phase control element is reported. A user-defined spectral phase relation of 0.7 radians relative shift could be produced at around 1035 nm. Phase shaping as well as pulse duration optimization was achieved via a computer-controlled feedback loop
Direct measurement of optical quasidistribution functions: multimode theory and homodyne tests of Bell's inequalities
We develop a multimode theory of direct homodyne measurements of quantum
optical quasidistribution functions. We demonstrate that unbalanced homodyning
with appropriately shaped auxiliary coherent fields allows one to sample
point-by-point different phase space representations of the electromagnetic
field. Our analysis includes practical factors that are likely to affect the
outcome of a realistic experiment, such as non-unit detection efficiency,
imperfect mode matching, and dark counts. We apply the developed theory to
discuss feasibility of observing a loophole-free violation of Bell's
inequalities by measuring joint two-mode quasidistribution functions under
locality conditions by photon counting. We determine the range of parameters of
the experimental setup that enable violation of Bell's inequalities for two
states exhibiting entanglement in the Fock basis: a one-photon Fock state
divided by a 50:50 beam splitter, and a two-mode squeezed vacuum state produced
in the process of non-degenerate parametric down-conversion.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figure
Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in soft-glass suspended core photonic crystal fiber
On the Method of Monitoring of Classical Vibrations in Sodium Dimer
A computer simulation of an experiment allowing for monitoring of vibrational motion of the wave packet in the Na molecule is presented. The experiment is based on pump and delayed probe excitation followed by observation of laser-induced fluorescence