Imaging the evolution of an ultracold strontium Rydberg gas
dc.citation.firstpage | 13407 | en_US |
dc.citation.journalTitle | Physical Review A | en_US |
dc.citation.volumeNumber | 87 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McQuillen, P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, X. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Strickler, T. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Dunning, F.B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Killian, T.C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.org | Rice Quantum Institute | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-28T19:44:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-28T19:44:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Clouds of ultracold strontium 5s48s1S0 or 5s47d1D2 Rydberg atoms are created by two-photon excitation of laser-cooled 5s21S0 atoms. The spontaneous evolution of the cloud of low orbital angular momentum (low-ℓ) Rydberg states towards an ultracold neutral plasma is observed by imaging resonant light scattered from core ions, a technique that provides both spatial and temporal resolution. Evolution is observed to be faster for the S states, which display isotropic attractive interactions, than for the D states, which exhibit anisotropic, principally repulsive interactions. Immersion of the atoms in a dilute ultracold neutral plasma speeds up the evolution and allows the number of Rydberg atoms initially created to be determined. | en_US |
dc.embargo.terms | none | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | McQuillen, P., Zhang, X., Strickler, T., et al.. "Imaging the evolution of an ultracold strontium Rydberg gas." <i>Physical Review A,</i> 87, (2013) American Physical Society: 13407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013407. | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013407 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/69854 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
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dc.title | Imaging the evolution of an ultracold strontium Rydberg gas | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type.dcmi | Text | en_US |
dc.type.publication | publisher version | en_US |