Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO.
We report the spontaneous formation of a plasma from a gas of cold Rydberg molecules. Double-resonant laser excitation promotes nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, to single Rydberg states extending as deep as 80 cm;{-1} below the lowest ionization threshold. The densi...
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| author | Morrison, J Rennick, C Keller, J Grant, E |
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| description | We report the spontaneous formation of a plasma from a gas of cold Rydberg molecules. Double-resonant laser excitation promotes nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, to single Rydberg states extending as deep as 80 cm;{-1} below the lowest ionization threshold. The density of excited molecules in the illuminated volume approaches 1x10;{13} cm;{-3}. This population evolves to produce free electrons and a durable cold plasma of electrons and intact NO+ ions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7722da90-abbe-489a-820b-7f37bd9441d62022-03-26T20:21:31ZEvolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7722da90-abbe-489a-820b-7f37bd9441d6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Morrison, JRennick, CKeller, JGrant, EWe report the spontaneous formation of a plasma from a gas of cold Rydberg molecules. Double-resonant laser excitation promotes nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, to single Rydberg states extending as deep as 80 cm;{-1} below the lowest ionization threshold. The density of excited molecules in the illuminated volume approaches 1x10;{13} cm;{-3}. This population evolves to produce free electrons and a durable cold plasma of electrons and intact NO+ ions. |
| spellingShingle | Morrison, J Rennick, C Keller, J Grant, E Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title | Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title_full | Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title_fullStr | Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title_short | Evolution from a molecular Rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of NO. |
| title_sort | evolution from a molecular rydberg gas to an ultracold plasma in a seeded supersonic expansion of no |
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