Photodynamics in superfluid helium: Femtosecond laser-induced ionization, charge recombination, and preparation of molecular Rydberg states

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1542-1557

  Benderskii, A V ^b   Zadoyan, R ^b   Schwentner, N ^a,b   Apkarian, V A ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LASER PULSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BAND GAP; ELECTRON BEAM BOMBARDMENT; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; RYDBERG STATES;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 0033554992     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477796     Document Type: Article

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