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Poster Session II

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Wednesday June 18 Session H00 Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E
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Progress Towards a 3D Ion Microscope for Rydberg Facilitation and Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Poster 127
Presenter: Xinyan Xiang (University of Michigan)
Authors: Bineet Dash (University of Michigan), Eric Paradis (Eastern Michigan University), Georg Raithel (University of Michigan)

We present progress on developing a three-dimensional ion microscope for studying Rydberg facilitation dynamics and strongly coupled plasmas with high spatial and temporal resolution. The system integrates a microchannel plate (MCP) detector with a delay-line readout to enable time-resolved ion imaging of Rydberg atoms and micro-plasmas photoexcited from laser-cooled Rubidium atoms. We will report on the implementation of the delay-line detector and the characterization of key imaging parameters, including magnification, field of view, and resolution. Additionally, we will discuss numerical simulations exploring Rydberg facilitation and the emergence of correlated excitation domains, where facilitation dynamics shape ionization pathways and spatial correlations. This work lays the foundation for future studies on collective effects in strongly interacting Rydberg atom and ion systems.

Funding acknowledgement

This project was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences under award number DE-SC0023090.

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