Observation of strong electronic correlation for highly excited double Rydberg states of ytterbium
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 49 (2) , R653-R656
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.49.r653
Abstract
Using five-laser resonance excitation in combination with a method of sequential ionization by a pulsed and a constant electric field, we have observed the nearly pure spectra (the ion resonance background was greatly suppressed) for the highly excited double Rydberg states NLn’l (N≳40, N/n’≳0.5 and L,lL states) has revealed the importance of the ‘‘hybridization’’ in the excited electron orbits which arises from the correlation of the two electrons in such highly excited states.Keywords
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