Direct observation of two-photon optical ionizing collisions in crossed lithium atomic beams
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 25 (5) , 2539-2544
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.2539
Abstract
We report here the direct observation of a two-step, ionizing "optical collision" between crossed lithium beams in which very-long-range coupling, due to van der Waals' resonance force between identical particles, is followed by photoionization:Keywords
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