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Observation of Laser Pulse Induced Traveling Micro-Bubbles in Dusty Plasma Liquids    

by Hong-Yu Chu, Yan-Kwen Chiu, Chia-Ling Chang, and Lin I

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Damped bubble at 200 mTorr 5 Hz 3 Hz
Traveling bubble at 185 mTorr 5 Hz 3 Hz
Bow shape wake trailing the bubble at 166 mTorr 5 Hz 3 Hz
Self organized dust density wave without laser ablation   140 mTorr 5 Hz 3 Hz

15 ms exposure time for each frame

Dust plasma liquid can be formed by suspending dust particles in the low pressure discharge.

Induced by a pulsed 6 nsec Nd:YAG laser, the ablation of a suspended particle in the dusty plasma liquid

expels the surrounding dust particles and causes the formation of a nearly spherical bubble.  Depending on the background gas pressure,

the bubble can damp right away, travel downward as a sphere, or induce wakes and self-organized dust density fluctuations.  The above

movies  are the side views  illuminated by a thin laser sheet.   The interparticle distance is about 0.3 mm.

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