Early time ion dynamics and progress towards laser cooling in an ultracold neutral plasma

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dc.contributor.advisorKillian, Thomas C.en_US
dc.creatorSimien, Clayton Earlen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:31:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:31:31Zen_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractThe progress toward laser cooling an ultracold plasma is presented in this thesis. Ultracold neutral plasmas are created by photo-ionizing laser cooled Strontium atoms. Initially this system is very strongly coupled, however the ions rapidly heat up leaving the plasma on the borderline of the strongly coupled regime. To counteract the effects of this heating an attempt to laser cool the ions in the system is undertaken. However, from these experiments we discovered that velocity changing collisions occurring in the system prevented laser cooling. In order to determine the collisions rate, a collision model was developed to simulate the spectra of the plasma from optical pumping experiments. These experiments and simulations in fact demonstrate that collisions are occurring at a fast enough rate to prevent ion cooling on the time scale of our experiment.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2008 SIMIENen_US
dc.identifier.citationSimien, Clayton Earl. "Early time ion dynamics and progress towards laser cooling in an ultracold neutral plasma." (2008) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103575">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103575</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digital304509186en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103575en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectAtoms & subatomic particlesen_US
dc.subjectPlasma physicsen_US
dc.subjectPure sciencesen_US
dc.subjectIon coolingen_US
dc.subjectLaser coolingen_US
dc.subjectNeutral plasmaen_US
dc.subjectUltracold plasmasen_US
dc.titleEarly time ion dynamics and progress towards laser cooling in an ultracold neutral plasmaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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