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Foreign Gas Pressure Broadening and Shifts of the 2S-4S Two-Photon Transition in Lithium

Published

Author(s)

W DeGraffenreid, S C. Campbell, Craig J. Sansonetti

Abstract

We have observed broadening and shift of the 2S-4S Doppler-free two-photon transition of atomic Li by collisions with neon and argon buffer gases in a heat-pipe oven. Measured broadening and shift rates are presented and compared with theoretical predictions calculated in the impact approximation using three different interaction potentials. A superposition of polarization and modified Fermi potentials gives good agreement with the experimental data.
Citation
Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume
36
Issue
No 10

Keywords

collisional broadening, collisional shifts, laser spectroscopy, lithium

Citation

DeGraffenreid, W. , Campbell, S. and Sansonetti, C. (2003), Foreign Gas Pressure Broadening and Shifts of the 2S-4S Two-Photon Transition in Lithium, Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created April 30, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021