Anomalous fluorescence scattering from shock-heated sodium vapour under maintained high-power laser illumination
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 9 (17) , L519-L522
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/9/17/002
Abstract
A fluorescence measurement on sodium in a neon atmosphere is reported. The expected saturation of the emission at right angles could not be detected even at very high laser powers. Possible explanations are considered.Keywords
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