COLLISIONAL DEPHASING OF THE NA 13D-13F TRANSITION USING THE RAMSEY METHOD OF SEPARATED RF FIELDS

被引:4
作者
GALLAGHER, TF
COOKE, WE
机构
[1] Molecular Physics Laboratory, Stanford Research Institute International, Menlo Park
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1979年 / 19卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.19.820
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The collisional dephasing of the Na 13d-13f transition by Ne and CO has been investigated using the Ramsey method of separated radio-frequency fields. Upper limits for the dephasing cross sections are determined which are far smaller than the geometric size of the excited Na atoms. This leads to the conclusion that the separation of the potential cruves of the Na 13d-X and 13f-X states is nearly constant as a function of internuclear separation. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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