Kinetics of He(2S1) using resonance ionization spectroscopy

M. G. Payne, G. S. Hurst, M. H. Nayfeh, J. P. Judish, C. H. Chen, E. B. Wagner, J. P. Young

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Abstract

We have demonstrated that quantum selected populations of He(2S1) can be converted completely to ionization by single-photon excitation to He(3P1) followed by collision-induced associative ionization. For helium pressures between 15 and 100 Torr, saturation of ionization was observed whenever a tunable dye laser produced more than 0.1 J/pulse. Absolute numbers of He(2S1) per ion pair formed from proton interaction and the decay rates of He(2S1) support a recent energy-pathways model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1154-1156
Number of pages3
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume35
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1975

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