Ordered Structures in a Variable Length A.C. Trap
V.N. Gheorghe, L. Giurgiu, O. Stoican, D. Cacicovschi, R. Molnar and B. Mihalcea
Institute of Atomic Physics, INFLPR, 76900 Bucharest, P.O.Box MG-6, Romania
Received: November 10, 1997
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A variable length linear trap operating between 20-1000 Hz under standard temperature and pressure conditions is reported. We simulated and observed various kinds of stable patterns: linear strings, planar zig-zag and volume structures. The interparticle distances depend on the trapped particle number and trap length. Our setup allows trapped microparticle diagnosis by various methods.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.93.625
PACS numbers: 32.80.Pj