The two-photon excitation of cesium to high-n Rydberg levels through resonant dissociative states of the dimer is investigated over the wavelength range 6000-5900A. Highly vibrationally excited $\sp1\Sigma\sb{\rm g}\sp+$ ground state molecules are excited to the continuum of $\sp1\Pi\sb{\rm u}$ bound states which dissociate to give 5D atoms. The 5D atoms are subsequently photoexcited to high-n Rydberg states which are detected by selective field ionization techniques. Series corresponding to both (5D $\to$ nF) and (5D $\to$ nP) transitions with components up to n = 150 were observed. The photoexcitation process appears to be very efficient and produces copious quantities of Cs Rydberg atoms.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:RICE/oai:scholarship.rice.edu:1911/13262 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | WALTER, C. WESLEY |
| Source Sets | Rice University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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