Pulsed dye laser for excitation of strontium

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dc.contributor.advisorKillian, Thomas C.en_US
dc.creatorGupta, Priyaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:49:51Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:49:51Zen_US
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis describes the construction and characterization of a high energy, tunable, pulsed dye laser that is used to make ultracold strontium plasma. In order to make ultracold plasma, we cool and trap strontium atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) and then photoionize them with the dye laser. The dye laser is pumped by high-energy 355nm pulses from a commercial Nd:YAG laser and it gives out 10ns pulses of 400--415nm light with up to 50mJ/pulse. We will discuss the lasers spectrum, wavelength calibration, output power and efficiency for photoionizing strontium.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2004 GUPTAen_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta, Priya. "Pulsed dye laser for excitation of strontium." (2004) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17681">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17681</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17681en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectAtomic physicsen_US
dc.subjectOpticsen_US
dc.titlePulsed dye laser for excitation of strontiumen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_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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