Absolute photoionization cross-section measurements of the excitedandstates of sodium
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 22 (2) , 577-581
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.22.577
Abstract
We have measured the absolute cross section for photoionization of the and excited states of sodium for 1.06 μm radiation. The method of measurement is based on saturation of ionization probability at high intensity of the ionizing radiation. The measured cross sections for ionization of unaligned atoms are 15.2±1.7 Mb for the state and 1.49±0.13 Mb for the state, both in excellent agreement with calculated values.
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