Collision distribution of particles excited by the laser light
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- Department of Physics II, Institut of Mathematics and Physics, Technical and Agriculture University of Bydgoszcz, PL 85-791 Bydgoszcz (Poland)
The velocity changing collisions (vcc) play an important role in the description of velocity redistribution of particles caused by nearly resonant interaction with the laser light and collisions (1). Collision relaxation rates are conveniently described by collision kernels which, in turn, depend on interatomic potential and scattering amplitudes and is proportional to the collision cross section. The population kernel gives the probability density per unit time that an active particle in state 1 i> undergoes collisions with perturbers (usually a noble gas atom or impurity), which changes the active particle velocity from v{sup '} to v. Due to the fact that perturber-active particle interaction is state dependent the collisions cause different changes in the ground and excited states of active particle. Although the shape of the populations distributions resembles those from well-known Bennett hole theory, the distribution of the total population has two peaks and obviously is asymmetrical (2). Vcc together with velocity selective laser excitation lead to the asymmetry of the ground and excited state population. The flux of excited particles has properties which are different from that of ground state because of interaction collision potentials for both states. The intensity of the laser light strongly influences the velocity distributions of the ground and excited state populations.
- OSTI ID:
- 21163583
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 386; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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