Stimulated photon echo for collisional study in Yb vapor

Journal Article · Mon Jun 04 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.2034· OSTI ID:6651437

Keller, J; Le Gouet, J

With a three-level configuration in ytterbium vapor, we have performed the first quantitative investigation of single excited-level scattering using a stimulated photon echo (three-pulse echo). We have studied the collisional relaxation of the echo signal by rare-gas perturbers and have derived a theoretical expression for the relaxation rate. Total elastic cross sections for collisions between Yb(6s6p /sup 3/P/sub 1/) and Ne or Xe have been obtained.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
• OSTI ID: 6651437
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 52:23; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640304* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOM COLLISIONS
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
COLLISIONS
DATA
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
GASES
INFORMATION
METALS
NEON
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
RARE GASES
RELAXATION
SCATTERING
STIMULATED EMISSION
THEORETICAL DATA
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VAPORS
XENON
YTTRIUM