Ionization Rates Relevant to Laser Cooling of Hydrogen

Abstract

Laser cooling of atomic hydrogen has practical importance is a wide variety of applications ranging from relativistic neutral particle beam weapons to atomic clocks and exotic fuels. A laser beam suitable for atomic hydrogen cooling needs to be high intensity, narrowband, coherent, and broadly tunable in the region around Lyman-alpha (1216 A). We have produced a source meeting these criteria. We studied, characterized, and optimized this source for conditions important to laser cooling. In this introductory section, we will discuss the physics and potential practical applications of laser cooling and tunable VUV sources. These will be followed by an introduction to the specific results obtained during the six months of this contract. Keywords: Atomic beams.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198481

Entities

People

  • R. S. Turley

Organizations

  • HRL Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atomic Beams
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Difference Frequency
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Frequency Shift
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optical Properties
  • Particle Beam Weapons
  • Particle Beams
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy