Ionization and Energy Pooling in Laser-Excited Na Vapor
- 30 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (18) , 1227-1230
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1227
Abstract
We have observed ion formation (both and ) and radiation from high-lying Na states when low-density vapor (∼ ) is irradiated with a cw dye laser tuned to one of the lines. The ions probably result from photodissociation of formed by associative ionization, while the high-lying radiating states are formed in energy-pooling reactions.
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