Resonant three-photon ionization of potassium with circularly and linearly polarized light
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 24 (5) , 216-219
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655158
Abstract
We report observations of the ionization of atomic potassium by simultaneous absorption of three dye laser quanta. The laser wavelength is tuned through the two‐photon resonances with the 6S1/2 and 4D3/2,5/2 states, and the dependence of the ionization probability on the laser wavelength is investigated for linearly and circularly polarized light. Our results are in agreement with the selection rules and theoretical estimates of the ionization probability.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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