Measurement and simulation of laser-induced fluorescence from non-equilibrium ultracold neutral plasmas

Autor: Denning, A., Bergeson, S. D., Robicheaux, F.
Rok vydání: 2009
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033415
Popis: We report new measurements and simulations of laser-induced fluorescence in ultracold neutral plasmas. We focus on the earliest times, when the plasma equilibrium is evolving and before the plasma expands. In the simulation, the ions interact via the Yukawa potential in a small cell with wrapped boundary conditions. We solve the optical Bloch equation for each ion in the simulation as a function of time. Both the simulation and experiment show the initial Bloch vector rotation, disorder-induced heating, and coherent oscillation of the rms ion velocity. Detailed modeling of the fluorescence signal makes it possible to use fluorescence spectroscopy to probe ion dynamics in ultracold and strongly coupled plasmas.
Databáze: arXiv