Back and forth between Rydberg atoms and ultracold plasmas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1091-1097

  Gallagher, T F ^a,b   Pillet, P ^b   Robinson, M P ^b   Laburthe Tolra, B ^b   Noel, Michael W ^a,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; PHOTOIONIZATION; RADIATION; SCATTERING;

SUPERELASTIC SCATTERING;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0037835939     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001091     Document Type: Article

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