Moving Phase Grating Research Articles

A new approach to the experiment intended to test the weak equivalence principle for the neutron

A new approach to the free fall experiment with UCN is proposed. The idea is that the experiment is performed with neutrons from different equidistant lines of a discrete energy spectrum with a precisely known distance between the lines. Such a spectrum may be formed by neutron diffraction from a moving phase grating. Time-of-flight values of neutrons from different lines of the spectrum must be measured. Neither the initial neutron energy, nor the geometry parameters of the installation are required to be known in this method.

Time-of-flight Fourier Spectrometry with UCN

The report presents the first experience of using a time-of-flight Fourier spectrometer of ultracold neutrons (UCN). The description of the spectrometer design and first results of its testing are presented. The results of the first experiments show that the spectrometer may be used for obtaining UCN energy spectra in the energy range of 60÷200 neV with a resolution of about 5 neV. The application of TOF Fourier spectrometry technique allowed us to obtain the energy spectra from the diffraction of monochromatic ultracold neutrons on a moving grating. Lines of 0, +1 and +2 diffraction orders were simultaneously recorded, which had previously been impossible to be done by other methods. These results have made it possible to make a comparison with the recent theoretical calculations based on the dynamical theory of neutron diffraction on a moving phase grating.

Dynamic theory of neutron diffraction from a moving grating

In the framework of the approximation of slowly varying amplitudes a multiwave dynamical theory of neutron diffraction on a moving phase grating was developed. The influence of the velocity of the grating, its period and height of the slits on the discrete energy spectrum and intensity of various diffraction orders was analyzed.

Nonlinear gain amplification due to two-wave mixing in a broad-area semiconductor amplifier with moving gratings

The two-wave mixing in a broad-area semiconductor amplifier with moving gratings is investigated theoretically, where a pump beam and a signal beam with different frequencies are considered, thus both a moving phase grating and a moving gain grating are induced in the amplifier. The coupled-wave equations of two-wave mixing are derived based on the Maxwell's wave equation and rate equation of the carrier density. The analytical solutions of the coupled-wave equations are obtained in the condition of small signal when the total intensity is far below the saturation intensity of the amplifier. The results show that the optical gain of the amplifier is affected by both the moving phase grating and the moving gain grating, and there is energy exchange between the pump and signal beams. Depending on the moving direction of the gratings and the anti-guiding parameter, the optical gain may increase or decrease due to the two-wave mixing.

Neutron diffraction at a moving grating as a nonstationary quantum phenomenon

The observation of the discrete energy spectrum in a new experiment on the diffraction of ultracold neutrons at a moving phase grating is reported. The results are in quantitative agreement with theoretical predictions and can be treated as additional evidence of the validity of the plane-wave representation of the initial neutron state.

Exact forward scattering of a CO2 laser beam from a relativistic plasma wave by time resolved frequency mixing in AgGaS2

In the UCLA plasma beat wave accelerator, a high intensity two frequency CO2 laser (λ1=10.6 μm, λ2=10.3 μm) is used to drive a large amplitude relativistic plasma wave. The plasma wave acts as a moving phase grating and scatters the incident pump waves into Stokes and anti-Stokes sidebands (ω1−ωp, ω2+ωp). The observation of these sidebands in the forward direction confirms the presence of the relativistic plasmon, and also gives an estimate of the amplitude–length product (n1/n0×L) of the wave. Since the Stokes and anti-Stokes signals are picosecond pulses at 10.9 and 10.0 μm, respectively, this light cannot be time resolved directly on a conventional detector or streak camera. The forward scattered light can be analyzed, however, by mixing the 10 μm light with visible light from a laser diode (670 nm) in a nonlinear crystal (AgGaS2) to produce frequency shifted light at 630 nm. The intensity of the 630 nm light is proportional to the product of the intensities of the two incident laser pulses, and can be time resolved on a streak camera. Experimental results for the plasma wave amplitude, spatial length, and temporal length are shown.

Self-pumped phase-conjugation by stimulated backscattering in photorefractive crystals

The stimulated backscattering theory under the highly depleted pump condition is studied. We find a solution of the scattering wave which is the phase-conjugate of the incident pump wave. Its frequency shift arises from the moving phase grating. Using Kukhtarev's model we discuss the spontaneous formation of the moving grating.