Stark Ionization of High-Lying States of Sodium

Theodore W. Ducas; Michael G. Littman; Richard R. Freeman; Daniel Kleppner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.366

Stark Ionization of High-Lying States of Sodium

Theodore W. Ducas, Michael G. Littman, Richard R. Freeman, Daniel Kleppner

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By using stepwise excitation in an atomic beam, we have excited slow-moving atoms to pure high-lying quantum states at densities low enough to avoid loss by collision. The atoms were detected with high efficiency by Stark ionization. Results are presented of a study of the threshold field for ionization for s states of sodium with principal quantum number n from 26 to 37.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	366-369
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.366
State	Published - 1975
Externally published	Yes

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