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Title: 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

Abstract

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 magnitudemore » are not important in noble-gas collisions.« less

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Columbia Univ., New York (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5303729
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ARGON; ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS; HELIUM; KRYPTON; NEON; THALLIUM; RAMAN EFFECT; XENON; ABSORPTION; CROSS SECTIONS; DENSITY; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINE BROADENING; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; RARE GASES; VAPORS; VELOCITY; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; DATA; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; INFORMATION; METALS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; 640302* - Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory

Citation Formats

Leung, K P. 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. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Leung, K P. 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. United States.
Leung, K P. 1981. "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". United States.
@article{osti_5303729,
title = {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},
author = {Leung, K P},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5303729}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}

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