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Chapter 13-14. Lasers. Atoms, Molecules, and Solids. 选择定 则 : 角 动量守恒和宇称守 恒. 晶体里能带的形成. 人工的晶体结构. Quantum wells/wires/dots. 利用不同材料 中不同的导带和价带,人工构建电子的势阱结构. Intra-Band Transition. Inter-Band Transition. 人工的晶体结构. Quantum wells/wires/dots. Interactions of Photons with Atoms.
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Chapter 13-14 Lasers
人工的晶体结构 Quantum wells/wires/dots
利用不同材料中不同的导带和价带,人工构建电子的势阱结构利用不同材料中不同的导带和价带,人工构建电子的势阱结构
Intra-Band Transition Inter-Band Transition
人工的晶体结构 Quantum wells/wires/dots
Spontaneous Emission because the transition is independent of the number of photons that may already be in the mode
Absorption Depends on the density of states n
Quantum Background? • Upper level: n1 • Down Level: n0 • Photon: n • Photon is harmonic oscillation 考虑到产生与消灭算符: 前两项:Stimulated Emission and Absorption 最后一项: Spontaneous Emission 谐振子(比如声子)跃迁时:
Spontaneous Emission 与三维腔的态密度有关。 可以通过调整腔的构型(二维腔、亚波长),控制该关系式
Stimulated Emission and Absorption 与态密度相关 黑体辐射中有同样的表示!
Line Broadening • Lifetime Broadening • Collision Broadening • Inhomogeneous Broadening
(α) Rayleigh, (b) Raman (Stokes), (c) Raman (anti-Stokes), and (d) Brillouin
荧光与Raman散射的特点 荧光:出射波长固定 Raman散射:上能级为虚能级,出射波长与入射波长相关
Comments • Amplitude • Phase • Polarization • Mode Structure
LASER Amplification The probability density for stimulated emission is the same as that for absorption. A population inversion is required
WhyLorentzian? • Density Matrix Approach • 双能级体系中电子状态随外加电磁场E(t)驱动下的响应 • ρij表征双能级态上电子波函数的关联,或电子密度
Remember: Lorentz oscillator model 与前面章节中Lorentz Osillation结论类似,包含实部和虚部 Phase shift Gain
Phase Shift 问题:是否与激光要求的“保持位相”矛盾? • 写入Exp(…)形式 • 实部:增益 • 虚部:相移
越小越好 • 当入射光的光强增大到一定的程度后,粒子数反转/增益系数随光强的增大而减少 • 粒子总数有限 • 入射光的驱动,等效于缩短了21(增强了跃迁效率)
Comments • 粒子数反转的条件(上能级寿命>下能级寿命)是否为必须? • 否定的答案 • 只针对稳态情况,dN/dt=0 • 对于瞬态,有可能在不满足粒子数反转条件下,实现短脉冲激光的发射 • 强的短脉冲泵浦 • 量子光学中,也存在Lasing without Inversion (LWI)效应 (Coherently driven three- and multilevel systems) • potential to obtainlaser light in spectral domains, e.g. the x-ray range, whereconventional methods based on population inversion are notavailable or are difficult to implement.
1961,William Bennett and Ali Javan invented the helium-neon laser–the first gas laser and the first laser to operate continuously, rather than in pulses. HeNe gas laser
Saturable Absorbers • the absorption of light decreases with increasing light intensity • Applications in shorter laser pulses