Unidentified transitions in one-photon intrashell dynamics in Rydberg atoms

One-photon intrashell transitions in strongly driven Li (n = 25) atoms are studied experimentally. Thedegeneracy of the n shell is lifted by orthogonal dc electric and magnetic fields, which also define the eccentricity of the initial coherent elliptic state. The transitions are driven by a radio fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Preclíková, J., Waheed, A., Fregenal, Daniel Eduardo, Frette, Ø., Hamre, B., Hjertaker, B.T., Horsdal, E., Pilskog, I., Førre, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/195225
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/195225
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rydberg states
Multiphoton excitation
Stark and Zeeman effects
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Sumario:One-photon intrashell transitions in strongly driven Li (n = 25) atoms are studied experimentally. Thedegeneracy of the n shell is lifted by orthogonal dc electric and magnetic fields, which also define the eccentricity of the initial coherent elliptic state. The transitions are driven by a radio frequency pulse linearly polarized parallel to the major axis of the ellipse. A small dc electric field component parallel to the magnetic field splits the one-photon resonance into two, and transitions in between are studied by state-selective field ionization. Unexpected lines in the ionization spectra relating to unknown transitions are found and discussed.