Abstract
Using multistep laser excitation via 4sn's Rydberg states, doubly excited mlns (ml=8s and 7d; m+1<or=n<or=20) states of Ca atoms have been observed. The quantum defects of the observed states have been obtained and discussed. For the states with m<<n, the quantum defects are almost independent of n in both the 8sns and 7dns series. For the m approximately=n states, however, the quantum defect of the 7dns state increases remarkably as n decreases to approach m, while that of the 8sns state does not significantly change but rather tends to decrease with decreasing n.

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