Spontaneous Evolution of Rydberg Atoms to a Cold Plasma

M. P. Robinson; B. Laburthe Tolra; M.W. Noel; T. F. Gallagher; T. F. Gallagher; P. Pillet

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2000),
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Spontaneous Evolution of Rydberg Atoms to a Cold Plasma

M. P. Robinson, B. Laburthe Tolra, M.W. Noel, T. F. Gallagher, and P. Pillet

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2000

San Francisco, California United States
7–11 May 2000
ISBN: 1-55752-608-7

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M. P. Robinson, B. L. Tolra, M. W. Noel, T. F. Gallagher, and P. Pillet, "Spontaneous Evolution of Rydberg Atoms to a Cold Plasma," in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, T. Gallagher, H. Van Driel, H. Gibbs, and D. Wineland, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2000), paper PD5.

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Abstract

We have observed the spontaneous evolution of a dense samples of Rb and Cs Rydberg atoms into a cold plasma when most of the atoms are cold, but ~ 5% are at room temperature.

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