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ac stark splitting in resonant multiphonon ionization with broadband lasers

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
An intense laser and a probe laser in near resonance with the sodium 3S/sub 1/2/ ..-->.. 3P/sub 1/2/ and 3P/sub 1/2/ ..-->.. 4D/sub 3/2/ transitions, respectively, produce a three-photon ionization current used to study the broadening and Rabi splitting of the 3P/sub 1/2/ intermediate state as a function of probe-laser tuning. We find a narrow, intense-laser detuning region where the peak heights ratio of the Rabi-split 3P/sub 1/2/ doublet is reversed from that predicted for a monochromatic laser field. This is attributed to the finite (approx. GHz) laser linewidth.
Research Organization:
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado 80309
OSTI ID:
6673024
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 41:4; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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