Laser Physics

Dissipative optical superlattice for confinement of ultracold plasma with resonant ions

I. V. Krasnov

Published Jan 1, 2008• 3 citations

Abstract

The application of resonant light pressure in the presence of nonuniform bichromatic laser fields for the localization and control of ultracold electron-ion plasma in which the quantum transitions of ions are resonant with respect to the laser radiation is analyzed. It is demonstrated that the so-called rectified radiation forces that selectively act upon plasma ions and give rise to a dissipative optical superlattice (for ultracold plasma) whose period is significantly greater than the radiation wavelength can be used for this purpose.

DOI: 10.1134/s1054660x0801012x

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