Single-atom detection of ytterbium by selective laser excitation and field ionization from Rydberg states

Single-atom detection of ytterbium by selective laser excitation and field ionization from Rydberg states

Detection of single atoms Yb has been achieved using the method of electric-field ionization from the high-lying Rydberg states. Atoms of Yb in a beam were excited in three steps to a 17-p state by radiation of three pulsed dye lasers. The statistics of an atom's appearance in the interaction v...

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Veröffentlicht in:Opt. Lett.; (United States) 1978-11, Vol.3 (5), p.159-161
Hauptverfasser: Bekov, G I, Letokhov, V S, Matveev, O I, Mishin, V I
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Sprache:eng
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ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CORRECTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IONIZATION
LASER RADIATION
METALS
RADIATIONS
RARE EARTHS 640302 > Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
RYDBERG CORRECTION
YTTERBIUM
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Zusammenfassung:Detection of single atoms Yb has been achieved using the method of electric-field ionization from the high-lying Rydberg states. Atoms of Yb in a beam were excited in three steps to a 17-p state by radiation of three pulsed dye lasers. The statistics of an atom's appearance in the interaction volume have been studied in the single-ion-counting regime at low beam density.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/ol.3.000159