Steady-State Ultracold Plasma
Abstract
A strongly coupled ultracold plasma can be used as an excellent test platform for studying many-body interactions associated with various plasma phenomena. In this paper we discuss an approach that makes possible creation of the steady-state ultracold plasma having various densities and temperatures by means of continuous two-step optical excitation of calcium atoms in the MOT. The parameters of the plasma are studied using laser-induced fluorescence of calcium ions. The experimental results are well described by a simple theoretical model involving equilibration of the continuous source of charged particles by the hydrodynamical ion outflux and three-body recombination. The strongly coupled plasma with the peak ion density of cm and the minimum electron temperature near 2 K has been prepared. Our steady-state approach in combination with the strong magnetic confinement of the plasma will make it possible to reach extremely strong coupling in such system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.04389,
title = {Steady-State Ultracold Plasma},
author = {B. B. Zelener and E. V. Vilshanskaya and N. V. Morozov and S. A. Saakyan and A. A. Bobrov and B. V. Zelener},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.04389},
year = {2024}
}