Cross-sections for energy transfer to high Rydberg states of caesium in collisions of excited Cd and unexcited Cs atoms

A. S. Czajkowski; M. A. Czajkowski

doi:10.1117/12.629526

1 June 2005 Cross-sections for energy transfer to high Rydberg states of caesium in collisions of excited Cd and unexcited Cs atoms

A. S. Czajkowski, M. A. Czajkowski

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Proceedings Volume 5849, Fifth Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629526
Event: Fifth Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics, 2004, Jurata, Poland

Abstract

Collisional transfer of excitation energy from cadmium to caesium was investigated using methods of sensitized fluorescence. A mixture of cadmium and caesium vapors at low pressure was irradiated with Cd 3263.0 Å resonance radiation producing a population of Cd (5³P₁) atoms whose inelastic collisions with ground-state Cs atoms resulted in a transfer of excitation energy to a close-lying S, P, D and F states in caesium. The subsequent decay of these states manifested itself in the emission of sensitized fluorescence spectrum. Intensity measurements on the components of the spectrum by means of energy calibrated detector yielded some 50 cross-section values whose magnitudes range from 0.2 Å² to 30.0 Å² and which exhibit a pronounced resonances with ΔE the energy defect between Cd (5³P₁) and the appropriate level in caesium.

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A. S. Czajkowski and M. A. Czajkowski "Cross-sections for energy transfer to high Rydberg states of caesium in collisions of excited Cd and unexcited Cs atoms", Proc. SPIE 5849, Fifth Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics, (1 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629526

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