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PLASMA, HYDRO- AND GAS DYNAMICS
Diagnostics of a diluted ultracold plasma using the autoionization effect of Rydberg states of $^{40}$Ca atoms
B. B. Zelenerabc, E. V. Vilshanskayaac, S. A. Saakyana, V. A. Sautenkova, B. V. Zelenera, V. E. Fortova a Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 125412 Russia
b National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409 Russia
c National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, 111250 Russia
Abstract:
A sensitive method to study a dilute ultracold plasma based on the autoionization resonances of Rydberg atoms is demonstrated. Ultracold $^{40}$Ca Rydberg atoms are prepared in a continuously operating magneto-optical trap. A method that allows the detection of the plasma with ion and electron densities below $10^9$ m$^{-3}$ is shown. Experimental studies of resonances at the two-photon $4s3d\,{}^1D_2{-}90\,^1D_2$ Rydberg transition have been carried out using $672$ and $798$ nm resonant laser beams. The autoionization resonance is observed during fluorescence of single-charged $^{40}$Ca ions at a wavelength of $397$ nm. The dependence of the amplitude of autoionization resonance on the density of ions in the continuously generated ultracold plasma is obtained.
Received: 26.11.2020 Revised: 07.12.2020 Accepted: 07.12.2020
Citation:
B. B. Zelener, E. V. Vilshanskaya, S. A. Saakyan, V. A. Sautenkov, B. V. Zelener, V. E. Fortov, “Diagnostics of a diluted ultracold plasma using the autoionization effect of Rydberg states of $^{40}$Ca atoms”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 113:2 (2021), 92–95; JETP Letters, 113:2 (2021), 82–85
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