CN102589721A - Method for probing ion clock transition of optical frequency standard based on microprocessor - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a method for probing ion clock transition of an optical frequency standard based on a microprocessor. The method includes utilizing a photomultiplier to transform ion fluorescence optical signals probed and produced in an ion trap system into electric pulses, amplifying electric pulse signals, inputting the electric pulse signals to the microprocessor, storing the received electric pulse signals in the microprocessor, accumulating the electric pulse signals in unit time and forming accumulated voltage signals; when the voltage signals are higher than set values, the ion fluorescence count is high and the microprocessor count overflows, accordingly a 'bright state' is recorded; when the voltage signals are lower than set values, the ion fluorescence count is low and the microprocessor count is without overflowing, accordingly a 'dark state' is recorded. The method for probing ion clock transition of the optical frequency standard based on the microprocessor is low in cost, simple and practical and applicable for the fields of optical frequency standards, quantum optics and quantum information and the like.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to the fluorescence detection system, more specifically relate to opctical frequency standard ion clock transition detection system.
Background technology
Atomic frequency standard standard (being called for short atomic frequency standard or atomic clock) is that the high stability and pin-point accuracy time, the frequency signal that utilize principle of quantum mechanics to process produce system.Because the reference transition that the atom opctical frequency standard is adopted is in optical frequencies; Exceed 4-5 magnitude than traditional microwave frequency marking is selected with reference to jump frequency; If its corresponding optical region is identical with the frequency marking that is operated in microwave region with reference to the live width Δ v of spectral line; (=vr/ Δ v) is worth then several ten thousand times for the microwave frequency marking, foretells theoretically that promptly the degree of stability of opctical frequency standard and accuracy exceed 4-5 magnitude than microwave frequency marking to be used for the Q of frequency stabilization spectral line so.The foundation of atom opctical frequency standard; Can be used for checking physics basic theories and law, accurately physical constant and possible variation; And will further improve the International System of Units system; Obtain the unify Satellite Communication System of broader applications of global positioning system more accurately, be widely used in the national economy every field.
In the ionic light frequency marking, the fluorescence number that people utilize ion to send is judged the residing atomic state of ion.In order to eliminate the Doppler frequency displacement of ion clock transition spectral line, adopt of the movement velocity reduction of the method for laser cooling usually with ion.What the laser cooling was adopted is the transition between ion ground state I and the excited state II.Ion can spontaneous radiation be got back to ground state by laser A pumping after last energy level, send fluorescence simultaneously.The excited state II life-span is short, can send 106-108 photon p.s..And the transition from ground state I to metastable state III is chosen in the clock transition.Because the life-span of metastable state III is long, be generally about 1s, therefore, ion is arrived after this attitude by pumping, and the fluorescence number that sends p.s. is almost 0.In the detection of opctical frequency standard clock transition spectral line, adopt the method for pulse sequence to inquire after.At first adopting the very narrow clock transition of a branch of live width to survey light B inquires after clock transition spectral line.The fluorescence that sends of detect ion is surveyed light B and turn off this moment afterwards, and cooling light A opens.If to metastable state III, then the fluorescence number that detects of photomultiplier is almost 0 to ion, claims that ion is in " dark attitude ", claims that also " quantum jump " taken place ion by pumping.Otherwise ion can circulate between ground state I and excited state II under the pumping of cooling light A, and the ion fluorescence number is high, claims that ion is in " bright attitude ", does not also promptly take place " quantum jump ".To survey light B afterwards again and open, whether detect ion " quantum jump " taken place so again and again.The fixing pulse number of surveying light B in each frequency can obtain " quantum jump " number under this frequency.The frequency of scanning probe light B afterwards; Can obtain obtaining the transition probability of clock transition spectral line according to " quantum jump " number under the different frequency; Thereby can obtain the absorption line of ion transition; Utilize femtosecond light comb to measure afterwards and survey light B in " quantum jump " frequency the most for a long time, get final product the clock transition centre frequency of ion.In the classic method,, adopt photon counter that the number of electric pulse is counted (also being photon counting), utilize discriminator that the threshold value of photon counter is set simultaneously for the detection of ion fluorescence.Photon counter can provide the occurrence of photon number.
Above-mentioned employing photon counter is realized the detection to ion fluorescence, and owing to photon counter costs an arm and a leg, so cost is high.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of cost low, method is simply inquired after method based on the opctical frequency standard ion clock transition of microprocessor, to address the above problem.
Technical scheme of the present invention is: method is inquired after in the opctical frequency standard ion clock transition based on microprocessor, is to utilize photomultiplier that the ion fluorescence light signal that produces in the ion trap systems that detects is become after the electric pulse, after electric impulse signal being amplified again; Be input to microprocessor; Microprocessor is stored the electric impulse signal that receives, and in the unit interval, electric impulse signal is accumulated, and forms the voltage signal that adds up; When said voltage signal is higher than setting value; The ion fluorescence counting is high, and microprocessor count is overflowed, and be " bright attitude " this moment; Ion when said voltage signal is lower than setting value, the fluorescence counting is low, and microprocessor count is not overflowed, and be " dark attitude " this moment.
Before the voltage signal counting that microprocessor is adding up, utilize amplitude discriminator that the pulse that microprocessor receives is separated, realize separating of electronic impulse and noise spike.
Said microprocessor will output signal to computing machine, through the control of computer-implemented clock transition exploring laser light and ion cooling laser.
Said microprocessor is a single-chip microcomputer.
The present invention is based on the height that only need know the fluorescence counting, and be indifferent to the occurrence of photofluorometer number, adopt simple microprocessor just can realize that transition is inquired after to opctical frequency standard ion clock, its cost is low, and method is simple.Can be used for fields such as opctical frequency standard, quantum optics and quantum information.
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Fig. 1 ionic light frequency marking fluorescence detection system schematic.
Fig. 2 opctical frequency standard selected atom energy level diagram.
Fig. 3 the inventive method program flow diagram.
Fig. 4 laser pulse sequential synoptic diagram.
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As shown in Figure 1; System's intermediate ion trap system 100 is used to produce the fluorescence ion, and photomultiplier 200 is used for converting the light signal of fluorescence ion to electric impulse signal, and prime amplifier 300 is used for electric impulse signal is amplified; Microprocessor 400 is realized the accumulative total of electric impulse signal in the unit interval; Judge that relatively discriminator 500 is used for the output signal of prime amplifier 300 is separated, and promptly realizes separating of electric pulse and noise spike; The signal that assurance is input to microprocessor 400 has only electric impulse signal, realizes accumulative total and the precision of relatively judging, computing machine 600 is implemented the control of clock transition detecting laser 700 and ion cooling laser device 800.
Ion trap systems has bi-curved two cap electrodes of rotational symmetry and a ring electrode composition for utilizing.Between ring and cap, add radio-frequency voltage, through the electric quadrupole gesture imprison charged ion that produces.The atom system that the ionic light frequency marking is chosen is as shown in Figure 2 usually.
In the ionic light frequency marking,, adopt of the movement velocity reduction of the method for laser cooling usually with ion in order to eliminate the Doppler frequency displacement of ion clock transition spectral line.What the laser cooling was adopted is the transition of ion ground state I to excited state II.Ion can spontaneous radiation be got back to ground state by laser A pumping after energy level II, send fluorescence simultaneously.The excited state II life-span is short, can send 106-108 photon p.s..The fluorescence that ion sends becomes electric impulse signal after receiving through photomultiplier, and this signal is through being input to microprocessor after the prime amplifier.Because electronic impulse and noise spike are all inequality in amplitude size and distribution, utilize amplitude discriminator that the pulse that microprocessor receives is separated, realize separating of signal and noise.Microprocessor is stored the pulse that receives, and in the unit interval, electronic impulse is accumulated, and forms the voltage signal that adds up.The timer conter principle of considering this and single-chip microcomputer is similar, so select for use single-chip microcomputer to control the core as microprocessor, electric pulse is carried out counting and timing; Set dependent thresholds; Accumulation essence to voltage changes into timer counter problem in the single-chip microcomputer here, thinks that when voltage signal is higher than the threshold value (setting value is 2.5V) of establishing the fluorescence counting is high, and the single-chip microcomputer counting overflows; Be designated as this moment " bright attitude "; The fluorescence counting is low when voltage signal is lower than setting threshold (setting value is 2.5V), and the single-chip microcomputer counting does not overflow, and is designated as " dark attitude ".This had both solved the expensive problem of photoelectron counter, again problem was oversimplified, and directly the height result with the fluorescence counting shows, and is clear.
Microprocessor comprises single-chip microcomputer, and 220V exchanges changes the 5V DC power-supply system, and analog to digital converter (A/D).Single-chip microcomputer utilization C language timer program succinctly is easy to revise, and is lower for programming personnel requirement, the certain threshold value of program setting, and when step-by-step counting reached predetermined threshold value, counting overflowed, and output level is by the low height that jumps to.Timer can be to carrying out plus coujnt by negative pulse of T0/T1 pin input in the single-chip microcomputer; T0/T1 fills it up with the automatic set of TF0/TF 1 zone bit when overflowing; After single-chip microcomputer detects among the TCON TF0/TF1 and becomes " 1 "; To produce instruction: carry out interrupt service routine, TF0/TF 1 zone bit meeting automatically clear " 0 " is in order to interruption application next time.As shown in Figure 3.
When ion between ground state I and excited state II during transition, the fluorescence number that sends is many, so the electronic impulse that microprocessor receives is a lot, thus the voltage signal of accumulation is higher than predetermined threshold value, therefore is in " bright attitude ".The reference transition that the ionic light frequency marking is chosen is the transition between ground state I and the metastable state III.Because the life-span of metastable state III is long, be generally about 1s, therefore, ion is arrived after this attitude by pumping, and the fluorescence number that sends p.s. is almost 0.At this moment, the electronic impulse number that microprocessor receives is almost 0, thereby the voltage of accumulation is 0 also in the unit interval, and microprocessor count does not reach predetermined threshold value, therefore is in " dark attitude ".
In the detection of opctical frequency standard clock transition spectral line, adopt the method for recurrent pulses sequential to inquire after.Sequential is as shown in Figure 4.
At first adopt the pulse of the very narrow clock TRANSITION LASER B of a branch of live width that clock transition spectral line is inquired after, burst length t1, this moment, laser A closed.Survey light B afterwards and turn off, cooling light A opens, and the fluorescence that burst length t2, detect ion send, microprocessor also carry out the accumulation of voltage signal in the time at t2.If ion is arrived metastable state III by pumping; Then the fluorescence number that detects of photomultiplier is almost 0, so the voltage of microprocessor accumulation is almost 0, and microprocessor count does not reach predetermined threshold value; Then ion is in " dark attitude ", claims that also " quantum jump " taken place ion.Otherwise ion can circulate between ground state I and excited state II under the pumping of cooling light A, and the ion fluorescence number is higher; Thereby the voltage signal of accumulation is higher than predetermined threshold value; Make the saltus step to 1 of single-chip microcomputer level, claim that ion is in " bright attitude ", also promptly do not take place " quantum jump ".Whether because the accumulated voltage of microprocessor differs greatly under two kinds of situation, so signal to noise ratio (S/N ratio) is very high, thereby being easy to judge " quantum jump " had taken place ion in the time cycle.Be under the same frequency at laser B, repeat above recurrent pulses tens of times, can obtain taking place under this frequency the number of " quantum jump ".Change the frequency of laser B then, repeat the laser pulse cycle of as much, can obtain " quantum jump " number under this laser frequency.Like this, we just can obtain the absorption spectra of clock transition spectral line.
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1. method is inquired after in the opctical frequency standard ion clock transition based on microprocessor, is to utilize photomultiplier that the ion fluorescence light signal that produces in the ion trap systems that detects is become after the electric pulse, after electric impulse signal being amplified again; Be input to microprocessor; Microprocessor is stored the electric impulse signal that receives, and in the unit interval, electric impulse signal is accumulated, and forms the voltage signal that adds up; When said voltage signal is higher than setting value; The ion fluorescence counting is high, and microprocessor count is overflowed, and be " bright attitude " this moment; Ion when said voltage signal is lower than setting value, the fluorescence counting is low, and microprocessor count is not overflowed, and be " dark attitude " this moment.
2. inquire after method based on the opctical frequency standard ion clock transition of microprocessor according to claim 1; It is characterized in that before the voltage signal counting that microprocessor is adding up; Utilize amplitude discriminator that the pulse that microprocessor receives is separated, realize separating of electronic impulse and noise spike.
3. inquire after method based on the opctical frequency standard ion clock transition of microprocessor according to claim 1, it is characterized in that said microprocessor will output signal to computing machine, through the control of computer-implemented clock transition exploring laser light and ion cooling laser.
4. method is inquired after in said arbitrary opctical frequency standard ion clock transition based on microprocessor like claim 1～3, it is characterized in that said microprocessor is a single-chip microcomputer.
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