High Resolution Sculpting and Imaging of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas

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dc.contributor.advisorKillian, Thomas C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSi, Qimiaoen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDunning, F. Barryen_US
dc.creatorMcQuillen, Patricken_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:38:54Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:38:59Zen_US
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:38:54Zen_US
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:38:59Zen_US
dc.date.created2012-05en_US
dc.date.issued2012-09-05en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2012en_US
dc.date.updated2012-09-06T04:38:59Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe sculpting of ultracold neutral plasmas represents a frontier in the experimental study of collective modes in strongly coupled plasmas. By extending the range of accessible length scales to less than tens of microns we gain access to a regime where The sculpting of ultracold neutral plasmas represents a frontier in the experimental study of collective modes in strongly coupled plasmas. By extending the range of accessible length scales to less than tens of microns we gain access to a regime where strong coupling's effects are predicted yet largely untested. To this effort, high resolution optical systems were designed, bench tested and implemented for sculpting and imaging ultracold neutral plasmas. Many complications and unexpected effects were documented to assist future experimental design considerations, including, those due to saturation and optical thickness, both of which limit the utility of 461 nm push beam modulations. It was concluded that sculpting should be performed on the 412 nm ionizing beam and real-time density space analysis is reliable for spatial frequencies up to 5 cyc/mm by using 4X magnified imaging. Higher spatial frequencies benefit from velocity space analysis due to extremely fast dynamics and low intensity levels.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMcQuillen, Patrick. "High Resolution Sculpting and Imaging of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64695">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64695</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-05-169en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64695en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectUltracold neutral plasmasen_US
dc.subjectStrong couplingen_US
dc.subjectCollective modesen_US
dc.titleHigh Resolution Sculpting and Imaging of Ultracold Neutral Plasmasen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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