Using absorption imaging to study ion dynamics in an ultracold neutral plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Simien, C E ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Laha, S ^a   Martinez, Y N ^a   Mickelson, P G ^a   Nagel, S B ^a   Killian, T C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASMA THEORY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRONTIUM;

COUPLING PARAMETERS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTERACTION ENERGY; ION DYNAMICS; LASER WAVELENGTHS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 2542457867     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.143001     Document Type: Article

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