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A strongly-coupled ultra-cold molecular Rydberg plasma produced by threshold laser excitation in the expansion region of a supersonic jet

Jingwei Guo, Mervash Varnasseri, Mikko Riese, Klaus J. Müller‐Dethlefs

Published Apr 15, 2009• 0 citations
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We report the spontaneous formation of a plasma from a gas of cold Rydberg molecules. Double-resonant laser excitation promotes nitric oxide, cooled to 1 K in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, to single Rydberg states extending as deep as $80\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ below the lowest ionization threshold. The density of excited molecules in the illuminated volume approaches $1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{13}\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$. This population evolves to produce free electrons and a durable cold plasma of electrons and intact NO+{\mathrm{NO}}^{+}NO+ ions.