Observation and density dependence of the Raman echo in atomic thallium vapor and noble-gas-induced collisional broadening of the 6P/sub 1/2/ to 6P/sub 3/2/ transition of thallium meausred by Raman echo
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:5303729
Working on the 6P/sub 1/2/-6P/sub 3/2/ two-photon transition of atomic thallium vapor, the Raman echo generated by excitation and probe fields detuned from the 7S/sub 1/2/ intermediate state by up to about 50 cm/sup -1/ have been observed. This constitutes the first time that echoes, generated by pure two-photon excitation, have been observed in an atomic system. The Raman echo intensity is found to increase roughly as the square of the thallium density at low densities, but at higher densities it peaks and subsequently declines. It is suggested that two-photon absorption and loss of phase-matching resulting from excitation-pulse-induced population transfer are important in the high density degradation of the echo signal. Then the Raman echo for the first time in collision studies to measure the noble-gas-induced broadening of the 6P/sub 1/2/ to 6P/sub 3/2/ transition of atomic thallium. Except in the case of He, the measured broadening cross sections; He59(2)A/sup 2/, Ne67(2)A2, Ar124(4)A/sup 2/, Kr 167(5)A/sup 2/, and Xe 204(6)A/sup 2/ (T = 840 K), agree with those calculated assuming a pure Van der Waals collisional interaction. The measurements, although sensitive to collisionally induced changes in axial velocity approx. > 300 cm/sec, reveal that collisional velocity changes of that magnitude are not important in noble-gas collisions.
- Research Organization:
- Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5303729
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
640302* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
ARGON
ATOM COLLISIONS
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
COLLISIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DENSITY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
HIGH TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION
KRYPTON
LINE BROADENING
METALS
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
NEON
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RAMAN EFFECT
RARE GASES
THALLIUM
VAPORS
VELOCITY
XENON
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
ARGON
ATOM COLLISIONS
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
COLLISIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DENSITY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
HIGH TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION
KRYPTON
LINE BROADENING
METALS
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
NEON
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RAMAN EFFECT
RARE GASES
THALLIUM
VAPORS
VELOCITY
XENON